| Description |
xii, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
BCSIA studies in international security
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BCSIA studies in international security.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-527) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the gap between military and civilian in the United States in perspective / Peter D. Feaver, Richard H. Kohn, and Lindsay P. Cohn -- Of chasms and convergences: attitudes and beliefs of civilians and military elites at the start of a new millennium / Ole R. Holsti -- Attitudes and opinions among senior military officers and a U.S. cross-section, 1998-99 / James A. Davis -- Uncertain confidence: civilian and military attitudes about civil-military relations / Paul Gronke and Peter D. Feaver -- Attitudes of entry-level enlisted personnel: pro-military and politically mainstreamed / David R. Segal ... [et al.] -- The American civil-military cultural gap: a historical perspective, colonial times to the present / Russell F. Weigley -- The military's presence in American society, 1950-2000 / James Burk -- Vanishing veterans: the decline of military experience in the U.S. Congress / William T. Bianco and Jamie Markham -- Explaining the gap: Vietnam, the republicanization of the south, and the end of the mass army / Michael C. Desch -- Military interests and civilian politics: the influence of the civil-military "gap" on peacetime military policy / Benjamin O. Fordham -- Do military policies on gender and sexuality undermine combat effectiveness? / Laura L. Miller and John Allen Williams -- Military professionalism and policymaking: is there a civil-military gap at the top? If so, does it matter? / Peter J. Roman and David W. Tarr -- The unequal dialogue: the theory and reality of civil-military relations and the use of force / Eliot A. Cohen -- Conclusion: the gap and what it means for American national security / Peter D. Feaver and Richard H. Kohn. |
| Subject |
Civil-military relations -- United States.
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Civil-military relations. |
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United States. |
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National security -- United States.
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National security. |
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Militarism -- United States.
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Militarism. |
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Public opinion -- United States.
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Public opinion. |
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Sociology, Military -- United States.
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Sociology, Military. |
| Added Author |
Feaver, Peter D., 1961-
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Kohn, Richard H.
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| ISBN |
0262561425 paperback alkaline paper |
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0262062232 hardcover alkaline paper |
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