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24 Armed Forces & Soc'y 7 (1997-1998)

handle is hein.journals/amdfcsad24 and id is 1 raw text is: Value Orientations in Military Academies: A Thirteen Country Study JOSEPH L. SOETERS Military life is becoming international at a rapid pace. The U.S. Army is actively engaged around the globe, and the number of UN operations, international by definition, is increasing. In Europe, espe- cially, profound changes are taking place in the structure of national military organizations. Corresponding to the Europeanization of economic and political life of the 15 nations of the European Union, national armies are becoming international in scope. New international military ventures are being set up, following in the footsteps of the French-German brigade, sometimes on a temporal but usually on a structural basis. The multina- tional rapid reaction force, consisting of military units from Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, is only one such case. The ex- tension of the French-German brigade to a real Eurocorps (including Spanish and Belgian soldiers) is another. And the recent formation of the 1st German/Dutch Army Corps is a third but certainly not final example. This internationalization is the expression of a logic of action that emphasizes budget cuts and hence favors economies of scale and scope. This logic of action has become predominant in the military sector since Cold War threats have diminished. The only way to keep up operational strength, while at the same time reducing budgets, is to combine forces JOSEPH L. SOETERS is a professor of sociology at the Royal Netherlands' Military Academy. His current research focuses on internationalization (e.g., the formation of the 1. Ge/NL Army Corps, international interpretations of rules of engagement) and organiza- tional change in the military sector. He previously conducted organizational studies in various other sectors such as health care, finance, and the police. He has published in the Journal of Management Studies; Accounting, Organizations and Society; Organization Studies; the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Evaluation, Policing and Society; and Peace and Conflict. Address for correspondence: Royal Netherlands' Military Academy, P.O. Box 90154, Breda, NL-4800 RG, The Netherlands. ARMED FORCES & SOCIETY, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 1997, pp. 7-32.

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