Warriors and politicians : US civil-military relations under stress /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stevenson, Charles A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:	Cass military studies.
Subjects:	Civil-military relations > United States. Civil-military relations. United States. Militärpolitik. USA. Kriegführung. Militär. Primat der Politik. Geschichte 1776-2005.

Table of 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.