TABLE OF CONTENTS // ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii // PREFACE ix // INTRODUCTION - PROFESSIONALIZING THE WAR MACHINE: THE PARADOXES OF MILITARY POWER // IN THE POST-SOCIALIST STATE 1 // CHAPTER I - SPECTRES OF ŠVEJK: // THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF THE GOOD SOLDIER IN THE AGE OF MILITARY PROFESSIONALIZATION 23 // CHAPTER 2 - MALADIES OF MANHOOD IN THE BUZERPLAC. CZECH MILITARY OFFICERS IN TRANSITION’ 51 // CHAPTER 3 - TIME TO WASTE: THE ENLISTED IN THE PROFESSIONALIZING MILITARY 71 // CHAPTER 4 - MIGS AND CADRES ON THE MOVE: DISPLACING THE WAR MACHINE 85 // CHAPTER 5 - BRINGING THE VIOLENCE BACK IN (PRAGUE 1989-2002) 109 // CONCLUSION - TROUBLES WITH THE WAR MACHINE // IN THE POST-SOCIALIST STATE 143 // BIBLIOGRAPHY 153 // v