Abstract
Relations between a military and a civilian society belong to the core issue of civilmilitary studies. This article refl ects main ideas and concepts used in theoretical and analytical literature, including seminar works by Samuel Huntington and Morris Janowitz.
A military culture, military ethics and infl uence of new technologies, full-volunteer army and new missions on military culture are discussed. An abstract term ""military"" can change very signifi cantly in accordance with actual military culture, perceptible to the fact how civilian society accepts military values.
Therefore, not only size and equipment determine how particular armed forces look like. The author introduces the term Constabulary Force refl ecting the idea that primary purpose of forces today are low-intensity confl icts and operations other than war.