Civil-Military Relations in Perspective
The topic of civil-military relations holds significant importance for academics, policymakers, military commanders, and serious students of public policy in both democratic and other societies. The post-Cold War and post-9/11 worlds have presented traditional as well as new challenges to the effective management of armed forces and defence establishments.
Further, the present century has witnessed a rising arc in the use of armed violence by non-state actors, including terrorists, affecting political dynamics considerably. Civil-Military Relations in Perspective focuses primarily on civil-military relations in the United States and their implications for US and allied security policies. However, other contributions in this volume emphasize the comparative and cross-national dimensions of the relationship between the use or threat of force and public policy.
Authors contributing to this study explore 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 implications for US civil-military relations; and other related topics.
Contributors include civilian academic and policy analysts as well as military officers with considerable academic expertise and experience with the subject matter at hand.
The topic of civil-military relations holds significant importance for academics, policymakers, military commanders, and serious students of public policy in both democratic and other societies. The post-Cold War and post-9/11 worlds have presented traditional as well as new challenges to the effective management of armed forces and defence establishments.
Further, the present century has witnessed a rising arc in the use of armed violence by non-state actors, including terrorists, affecting political dynamics considerably. Civil-Military Relations in Perspective focuses primarily on civil-military relations in the United States and their implications for US and allied security policies. However, other contributions in this volume emphasize the comparative and cross-national dimensions of the relationship between the use or threat of force and public policy.
Authors contributing to this study explore 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 implications for US civil-military relations; and other related topics.
Contributors include civilian academic and policy analysts as well as military officers with considerable academic expertise and experience with the subject matter at hand.
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The topic of civil-military relations holds significant importance for academics, policymakers, military commanders, and serious students of public policy in both democratic and other societies. The post-Cold War and post-9/11 worlds have presented traditional as well as new challenges to the effective management of armed forces and defence establishments.
Further, the present century has witnessed a rising arc in the use of armed violence by non-state actors, including terrorists, affecting political dynamics considerably. Civil-Military Relations in Perspective focuses primarily on civil-military relations in the United States and their implications for US and allied security policies. However, other contributions in this volume emphasize the comparative and cross-national dimensions of the relationship between the use or threat of force and public policy.
Authors contributing to this study explore 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 implications for US civil-military relations; and other related topics.
Contributors include civilian academic and policy analysts as well as military officers with considerable academic expertise and experience with the subject matter at hand.
