Stevenson, Charles A.,

Warriors and politicians : U.S. civil-military relations under stress / Charles A. Stevenson. - 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) - Cass military studies . - Cass military studies. .

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.

9780203968598 9781135988449 9781135988487 9781135988494

10.4324/9780203968598 doi


Civil-military relations--United States.

JF195 / .S74 2006

322.50973 / S847