Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure and Policy

Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure and Policy

by Stephen J. Cimbala
Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure and Policy

Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure and Policy

by Stephen J. Cimbala

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Overview

Authors contributing to this study examine a wide range of issues, including: the contrast between theory and practice in civil-military relations; the role perceptions of military professionals across generations; the character of civil-military relations in authoritarian or other democratically-challenged political systems; the usefulness of business models in military management; the attributes of civil-military relations during unconventional conflicts; the experience of the all-volunteer force and its meaning for US civil-military relations; and other topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409476740
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 04/28/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Stephen J. Cimbala, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Penn State Brandywine, USA

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction, Stephen J. Cimbala; Kids these days: growing military professionalism across generations, Isaiah Wilson III, Edward Cox, Kent W. Park and Rachel M. Sondheimer; Searching for a more viable form of civil-military relations: the Canadian and American experiences, Dale R. Herspring; Civil-military relations in contemporary Russia, Stephen J. Blank; Civil-military relations and the American way of war, John Allen Williams; The US civil-military problematique and new military missions, Damon Coletta; The war without a strategy: presidents, the Pentagon, and problems in civil-military relations since the 9/11 attacks, C. Dale Walton; Who serves? The American all-volunteer force, Gary Schaub Jr and Adam Lowther; Military theory, strategy and praxis: implications for civil-military relations, Jacob W. Kipp, and Lester W. Grau; Business models and the emerging US warfighting concepts, Milan Vego; Cyberwar and nuclear crisis management: implications for civil-military relations, Stephen J. Cimbala; Conclusion, Stephen J.Cimbala; Selected bibliography; Index.


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