Warriors and Politicians
With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the US military is caught between two civilian masters – the President and Congress – in responding to the challenges of warfighting, rearmament, and transformation. Charles Stevenson...
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| description | With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the US military is caught between two civilian masters – the President and Congress – in responding to the challenges of warfighting, rearmament, and transformation. Charles Stevenson skilfully shows how, although the United States has never faced the danger of a military coup, the relations between civilian leaders and the military have not always been easy. Presidents have contended with military leaders who were reluctant to carry out their orders. Generals and Admirals have appealed to Congress for sympathy and support. Congressional leaders have tried to impose their own visions and strategies on the US armed forces. This triangular struggle has recurred time and again, in wartime and in efforts to reshape the military for future wars. Illustrating this dual system of civilian military control in a series of case studies, this new volume starts from the way the Continental Congress ran the Revolutionary War by committee and concludes with the George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld efforts to transform the US military into a modern terrorist-fighting force. This detailed coverage shows how warriors and politicians interacted at key points in US history. This book will be of great interest to all students of the US Military, government of the United States and of strategic and military studies in general. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1610332025-05-31T06:49:36Z Warriors and Politicians Stevenson, Charles A. Secretary Of State civil Civil Military Relations military JCS relations CNO defense Young Men secretary UN civilian OSD control Army capitol Dod hill Rst Century house King George III Naval Forces House Armed Services Committee Central Government Ground Forces Elihu Inter-service Rivalries United States Follow South Vietnamese thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWS Armed conflict thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the US military is caught between two civilian masters – the President and Congress – in responding to the challenges of warfighting, rearmament, and transformation. Charles Stevenson skilfully shows how, although the United States has never faced the danger of a military coup, the relations between civilian leaders and the military have not always been easy. Presidents have contended with military leaders who were reluctant to carry out their orders. Generals and Admirals have appealed to Congress for sympathy and support. Congressional leaders have tried to impose their own visions and strategies on the US armed forces. This triangular struggle has recurred time and again, in wartime and in efforts to reshape the military for future wars. Illustrating this dual system of civilian military control in a series of case studies, this new volume starts from the way the Continental Congress ran the Revolutionary War by committee and concludes with the George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld efforts to transform the US military into a modern terrorist-fighting force. This detailed coverage shows how warriors and politicians interacted at key points in US history. This book will be of great interest to all students of the US Military, government of the United States and of strategic and military studies in general. 2025-05-31T06:49:35Z 2025-05-31T06:49:35Z 2025-05-30T06:44:39Z 2006 book ONIX_20250530T083217_9781135988494_64 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103111 9781135988494 9780203968598 9780415770088 9781135988449 9780415770071 9781135988487 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161033 eng Cass Military Studies open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103111/1/9781135988494.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203968598 10.4324/9780203968598 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781135988494 9780203968598 9780415770088 9781135988449 9780415770071 9781135988487 Routledge 268 Oxford open access |
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