US civil-military relations after 9/11 : renegotiating the civil-military bargain
Mackubin Thomas. Owens
Bok · Engelsk · 2011
| Utgitt | London : Continuum International Publishing , 2011
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| Omfang | 211 s.
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| Opplysninger | Har register. - Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: The Theory and Practice of Civil-Military Relations; Chapter Two: Control of the Military and the Military's Influence on American Society; Chapter Three: The Role of the Military and Military Effectiveness; Chapter Four: Who Serves?; Chapter Five: Renegotiating the US Civil-Military Bargain into the Future; Index. - Civil-military relations in America have essentially been a bargain to determine the responsibilities and prerogatives of the civilian leadership on one hand and the military on the other. Circumstances, be they political, social, or other, may render the terms of the bargain obsolete, resulting in tensions that call for their renegotiation. For example, substantial renegotiation of civil-military relations took place at the end of the Cold War and after the attacks of 9/11. Such debates bring on new answers to the four questions that lie at the heart of civil-military relations: 1) Who contro
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| Emner | Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. |
| ISBN | 978-1-4411-6083-6
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