The Role and Mission of the Military in a Post-Colonial Developing Nation: A Study of the Malaysian Armed Forces, 1970-1983.

Abstract

This theses looks critically at the role and mission of the armed forces in developing, post-colonial nations in Southeast Asia, specifically, Malaysia. The argument is, essentially, that the military and other coercive institutions should be viewed not so much for their martial characteristics, but more for their social, political, and economic institution-building attributes. This notion has been argued previously, however, whenever Malaysia's post- colonial development was discussed, the role of the military has been down played. This is attributable to the a political nature of the Malaysian Armed Forces. I argue, however, that there is a paradigm for development of these nations, Malaysia included, and that in this paradigm the military is not only prominant, but is essential for political stability, social mobility, and economic prosperity. Keywords: Malaysia, Military forces (foreign), Southeast Asia, Industrial development, Economics, Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA229809

Entities

People

  • Stephen C. Ball

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Death
  • Economic Policy
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas

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