Warriors and politicians : US civil-military relations under stress /
Stevenson, Charles A,
Warriors and politicians : US civil-military relations under stress / Charles A. Stevenson. - xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Cass military studies .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
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2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Electronic books.
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Warriors and politicians : US civil-military relations under stress / Charles A. Stevenson. - xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Cass military studies .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2006.
020396859X (electronic bk.)
Civil-military relations--United States.
Electronic books.
322/.50973