Securing the state : reforming the national security decisionmaking process at the civil-military nexus / Christopher P. Gibson.

Author/creator Gibson, Christopher P.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Description162 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Civil-military relations--United States.
Civil supremacy over the military--United States.
Government consultants--United States.
Military policy--Decision making.
United States--Armed Forces. --Management.
United States--Politics and government. --2001-2009.
United States--Politics and government. --20th century.

SeriesMilitary strategy and operational art
Military strategy and operational art. ^A1143092
Contents The civil-military dynamic : a relationship adrift -- Excesses and over-corrections in US civil-military relations since the Second World War and the return of Donald Rumsfeld in 2001 -- The search for role models -- Normative theory in civil-military relations during the Cold War : the objective control and subjective control models -- The search for new normative theory in the Post-Cold War Era -- A Madisonian approach for civil-military relations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [135]-154) and index.
LCCN 2007027829
ISBN9780754672906 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754672905 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JF 195 .G528 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold