US Civil-military Relations After 9/11: Renegotiating the Civil-military Bargain

US Civil-military Relations After 9/11: Renegotiating the Civil-military Bargain
ISBN-10
1501300857
ISBN-13
9781501300851
Category
Civil-military relations
Pages
211
Language
English
Published
2011
Author
Mackubin Thomas Owens

Description

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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