Warriors and politicians : U.S. civil-military relations under stress /

Main Author: Stevenson, Charles A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2006.
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245 1 |a Warriors and politicians :  |b U.S. civil-military relations under stress /  |c Charles A. Stevenson. 
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300 1 |a xiii, 252 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-247) and index. 
505 1 |a 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. 
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