Слободан Јовановић и улога војног фактора у политичком животу Србије и југословенске краљевине (1903–1945)

Abstract

У раду се на основу необјављених и објављених архивских извора, као ирелевантне историографске и мемоарске литературе, анализира однос Слободана Јовановићапрема улози војног фактора у политичком животу Краљевине Србије и југословенске државеи представља начин на који је у том релативно дугом временском периоду између Мајског пре-врата и краја Другог светског рата, односно победе револуције и успостављања сасвим новогпоретка у земљи, Слободан Јовановић као један од водећих српских интелектуалаца гледаона изражену присутност како формалног тако и неформалног војног фактора у унутрашњимполитичким збивањима.

Although Slobodan Jovanović was a high intellectual educated on liberal Europeantraditions, his attitude to the military and the influence of the military factor in the politicallife of the country was multifaceted and by its nature ambiguous. His closeness with DragutinDimitrijević, and then his close cooperation with general and academic Živko Pavlović, madehim an intellectual close to the military elite of national orientation on the scientific and socialfront. Disappointed with the internal order of the Yugoslav Kingdom and dissatisfied with itsforeign policy shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he advocated radical changes thatwould occur after military intervention. Apparently impressed by the May Coup and the positiveeffects it had on the overall social transformation of the Kingdom of Serbia, he believedthat the new arbitration of the military in internal political life could steer the Yugoslav stateship in a positive direction and thus make a sharp deviation from previous practice. whichhe considered to be multiple detrimental to state interests. On the one hand, as a prominentjurist, he considered such action a departure from constitutional frameworks and norms, whileon the other he appreciated the role of the military in Serbian society, understanding its placeand role in the political mentality of the Serbian national being, convinced that its physical,as well as the intellectual strength of the elite part of the officer corps in times of crisis and inthe face of major international conflicts, with their determination and undisguised energy,play a crucial role both on the external and internal political plan.