Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2007: 229-232
Full Professionalization has becoming a problem (A Book by B. Pernica "Professionalization ofArmed Forces")Book review
The professionalization of modern forces is an upcoming trend in all advanced democratic countries. It is demanded by complexity of current armed fight, advanced sophisticated weapons systems, antipathy of young people to serve in forces; established selective service was not solution, as it was more or less tied with bribery. In our country, compulsory military service was abolished after 135 years of its existence, in 2005. Mr. Pernica, the author of a book "Professionalization of Armed Forces: Trends, Theory, Experience", published by Czech Military Agency of Information and Services, treats military service as a sort of public enterprise in market of labour force. He introduces two models of armed forces: conscript service and volunteer service. At the end of this review Mr. Rašek points out that under the condition prevailing security risks and wide-spread interventionist policy, there is a possibility that we shall have to return to conscription system.
Keywords: analysis,armed forces,lessons learned,personnel management,professionalization
Published: June 15, 2007 Show citation
