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Uneasy balance : civil-military relations in peacetime America since 1783 / Thomas S. Langston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langston, Thomas S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil-military relations--United States--History.
- Civil-military relations.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The Civil-Military Bargain 1
- 1 Postwar Realignment and the Perils of Peace 15
- 2 Successful Realignments 31
- 3 Poor Realignments 52
- 4 Two Near Disasters 70
- 5 Military Reform and Service in the 1990s 97
- 6 Barriers to Balance 123
- 7 Applying the Lessons of the Past 146.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801874211
- OCLC:
- 51323646
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