This text places civil-military relations in the historical context of the tangled evolution of Balkan states. It analyses the debate on how to overcome the "Balkan Legacy" and build peace in the region in the absence of Russian hegemony and how to promote a new political order. It examines the civil-military relations in individual Balkan states and provides a firm underpinning: the book's major theoretical focus is on the concepts of democratisation and control of the military.