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Warriors and politicians : US civil-military relations under stress / Charles A. Stevenson.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Cass military studiesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 020396859X
  • 9780203968598
  • 0415770076
  • 9780415770071
  • 0415770084
  • 9780415770088
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Warriors and politicians.DDC classification:
  • 322/.50973 22
LOC classification:
  • JF195 .S74 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : the peculiar nature of US civil-military relations -- Revolutionary war by committee -- Lincoln, Congress, and the generals -- Managing the Vietnam War -- John Adams and the politics of rearmament, 1798 -- Franklin Roosevelt and the politics of rearmament -- Harry Truman and the politics of rearmament -- Theodore Roosevelt and military modernization -- The McNamara revolution -- The Goldwater-Nichols revolution from above -- The Bush-Rumsfeld wars and transformation -- Conclusions : US civil-military relations under stress.
Introduction : the peculiar nature of civil-military relations in the United States -- Revolutionary war by committee -- Lincoln, Congress, and the generals -- Managing the Vietnam War -- John Adams and the politics of rearmament -- Franklin Roosevelt and the politics of rearmament -- Harry Truman and the politics of rearmament -- Theodore Roosevelt and military modernization -- The McNamara revolution -- The Goldwater-Nichols revolution from above -- The Bush-Rumsfeld war and transformation -- Conclusions : U.S. civil-military relations under stress.
Summary: Argues that the US military are in a triangular relationship with two civilian masters - the President and the Congress. This book starts from the way the Continental Congress ran the Revolutionary War by committee, and concludes with the George W Bush/Donald Rumsfeld efforts to transform the US military into a modern terrorist-fighting force.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.

Introduction : the peculiar nature of US civil-military relations -- Revolutionary war by committee -- Lincoln, Congress, and the generals -- Managing the Vietnam War -- John Adams and the politics of rearmament, 1798 -- Franklin Roosevelt and the politics of rearmament -- Harry Truman and the politics of rearmament -- Theodore Roosevelt and military modernization -- The McNamara revolution -- The Goldwater-Nichols revolution from above -- The Bush-Rumsfeld wars and transformation -- Conclusions : US civil-military relations under stress.

Introduction : the peculiar nature of civil-military relations in the United States -- Revolutionary war by committee -- Lincoln, Congress, and the generals -- Managing the Vietnam War -- John Adams and the politics of rearmament -- Franklin Roosevelt and the politics of rearmament -- Harry Truman and the politics of rearmament -- Theodore Roosevelt and military modernization -- The McNamara revolution -- The Goldwater-Nichols revolution from above -- The Bush-Rumsfeld war and transformation -- Conclusions : U.S. civil-military relations under stress.

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Argues that the US military are in a triangular relationship with two civilian masters - the President and the Congress. This book starts from the way the Continental Congress ran the Revolutionary War by committee, and concludes with the George W Bush/Donald Rumsfeld efforts to transform the US military into a modern terrorist-fighting force.

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