Der Band entstand als Folge von Diskussionen über den "conversion survey 2000" des Bonner Internationalen Zentrums für Konversion. Experten aus verschiedenen Ländern erörtern hier in Fallstudien die Probleme, Fortschritte und Perspektiven der Demobilisierung von Streitkräften und der Reintegration von Soldaten ins zivile Leben. Aus dem Inhalt: Michael Brzoska: I. Western Market Economies (29-40): Philippe Manigart: Force Reduction and Professionalization in Belgium (41-64); Nick Hooper / Barbara Stephens: Civilian Employment of Service-Leavers in the United Kingdom (67-87); Miriam Pemberton: Beyond Service - Assisting America's Downsizing "Casualties" (89-108). Natalie Pauwels: II. Transition Countries (109-118): Ka Po Ng: Exit from the Chinese PLA - Overdue Reform (121-140); Andreas Heinemann-Grüder: Armed Forces in Central Eastern Europe - In Search of Business (141-162); Ksenia Gonchar: Adjusting Through Transformation and Reform - Russia's Demobilization and Reintegration Balance Sheet (169-196); Carlyle A. Thayer: Demobilization but not Disarmament - Personnel Reduction and Force Modernization in Vietnam (199-219). Kees Kingma: III. Post-war Societies (221-233): Didier Bertrand / Natalie Pauwels: Prospects for the Future, or the Past Revisited? The Cambodia Veterans Assistance Program (235-257); Johanna Oliver: Seeking a Return to Normalcy for Central America's Ex-Combatants (263-296); Kees Kingma: Demobilization and Reintegration Experiences in Africa (301-328); Jeremy King: Too Little Too Late - The Demobilization Dilemma in Bosnia-Herzegovina (329-333); Muzaffar Olimov / Ksenia Gonchar: Consolidating Peace in Tajikistan - Reconciliation, Reinsertion and Reintegration (335-346).