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Militarism or militarist ideology is the doctrinal view of a society as being best served (or more efficient) when it is governed or guided by concepts embodied in the culture, doctrine, system, or people of the military. Militarists hold the view that security is the highest social priority, and claim that the development and maintenance of the military ensures that security. Militarism connotes the drive to expand military culture and ideals to areas outside of the military structure —most notably in areas of private business, government policy, education, and entertainment.
Militarism is ideologically, rooted in or related to concepts of supremacy, loyalism, extremism, alarmism, protectionism, and nationalism(or patriotism), expansionism and Imperialism. As militarist goals are often unpopular in both free and slave societies, militarism is strongly connected with propaganda —ie. the marketing of the military as a benevolent and idealized aspect of society. Militarism also connotes a culture of secrecy and abuse of power, hence, a society which has been transformed in accordance with a militarist ideology is usually referred to as being totalitarian—typically under the control of a dictator.
Under the justification of potential application of force, militarism asserts that civilian populations are dependent upon — and thereby subservient to —the needs and goals of its military. Common tenets include advocation of "peace through strength" as the proper method to secure the interests of society — and is expressed as one that overrides all others; including traditional precursory diplomaticrelations and issues related to social welfare.
Militarism is sometimes contrasted with the concepts of comprehensive national power and soft power and hard power. This quality may be identified in economic terms by several methods; including the determination of those nations with large modern militaries requiring large or substantially higher budgets than the average among nations to maintain large military forces (as of 2005 viz United States, China, Japan) or to expand such forces (as of 2005 viz Israel, Kuwait, Singapore), or to nation-states devoting substantial portions of their GDPs per capita to develop such forces (as of 2005 viz. North Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Saudi Arabia).
Militarism is manifest in practice by the preferentiality toward goals, concepts, doctrines, and policies derived, originated, or directed from personnel in the military. It is likewise characterized by preferentiality toward persons officially or tangentially associated with causes, and regards loyalty to those narrow interests to be paramount. In a democratic republic, a central component of any stateconstitution are rules concerning how military rule (martial law, executive powers) may be implemented, and how such powers are to be returned to the elected government.
Militarism or militarist ideology is the doctrinal view of a society as being best served (or more efficient) when it is governed or guided by concepts embodied in the culture, doctrine, system, or people of the military. Militarists hold the view that security is the highest social priority, and claim that the development and maintenance of the military ensures that security. Militarism connotes the drive to expand military culture and ideals to areas outside of the military structure —most notably in areas of private business, government policy, education, and entertainment.
Militarism is ideologically, rooted in or related to concepts of supremacy, loyalism, extremism, alarmism, protectionism, and nationalism(or patriotism), expansionism and Imperialism. As militarist goals are often unpopular in both free and slave societies, militarism is strongly connected with propaganda —ie. the marketing of the military as a benevolent and idealized aspect of society. Militarism also connotes a culture of secrecy and abuse of power, hence, a society which has been transformed in accordance with a militarist ideology is usually referred to as being totalitarian—typically under the control of a dictator.
Under the justification of potential application of force, militarism asserts that civilian populations are dependent upon — and thereby subservient to —the needs and goals of its military. Common tenets include advocation of "peace through strength" as the proper method to secure the interests of society — and is expressed as one that overrides all others; including traditional precursory diplomaticrelations and issues related to social welfare.
Militarism is sometimes contrasted with the concepts of comprehensive national power and soft power and hard power. This quality may be identified in economic terms by several methods; including the determination of those nations with large modern militaries requiring large or substantially higher budgets than the average among nations to maintain large military forces (as of 2005 viz United States, China, Japan) or to expand such forces (as of 2005 viz Israel, Kuwait, Singapore), or to nation-states devoting substantial portions of their GDPs per capita to develop such forces (as of 2005 viz. North Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Saudi Arabia).
Militarism is manifest in practice by the preferentiality toward goals, concepts, doctrines, and policies derived, originated, or directed from personnel in the military. It is likewise characterized by preferentiality toward persons officially or tangentially associated with causes, and regards loyalty to those narrow interests to be paramount. In a democratic republic, a central component of any stateconstitution are rules concerning how military rule (martial law, executive powers) may be implemented, and how such powers are to be returned to the elected government.