The Changing world of the American military / edited by Franklin D. Margiotta ; foreword by Morris Janowitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Margiotta, Franklin D., editor.

Series:

Westview special studies in military affairs.

Westview special studies in military affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Armed Forces.

United States.

Military education--United States.

Military education.

Soldiers--United States.

Soldiers.

United States--Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

As the U.S. military moves into an uncertain future dominated by rapid change, traditional modes of thought will no longer suffice. Contributors to this volume focus on some of the major factors that will shape the American military in the 1980s: a complex, interdependent international arena, a changing domestic political context, broad societal forces and trends, the imperatives of advanced technology, conflicting bureaucratic and management orientations, and the emergence of new elites. The articles collected here present the diverse views of civilian scholars, of all services and ranks of the military, and of Department of Defense and congressional civilians; they feature the results of surveys conducted at the three service academies and among other civilian and military populations that number in the tens of thousands. The focus moves from a historical and current assessment of military professionalism to potential influences in the changing international and domestic environments. A major section is devoted to important military manpower issues. Analyses of organizational dynamics and change address the implications of advanced technology, bureaucratization, and centralization of control. The book concludes with contrasting views of the future demands on military professionalism and with a final summary that suggests future research avenues.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

A Current Assessment of Military Professionalism

The Soldier and the State in the 1970s

An Empirical Reassessment of Military Professionalism

The Military Profession and Its Task Environment: A Panel Study of Attitudes

International and Domestic Influences

Emerging Major Power Relationships: Implications for the U.S. Military in the Late Twentieth Century

The Impact of Domestic Politics on U.S. National Security Policy

Increasing Executive and Congressional Staff Capabilities in the National Security Arena

New Congressional Budgeting Procedures: An Initial Analysis of Effects on the Department of Defense

American Opinion on the Use of Military Force Abroad

Military Manpower Issues in a Changing Institution

Emerging Youth Attitudes and the Military

The Military and Higher Education: An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Future of ROTC

The Emergent Military: Calling, Profession, or Occupation?

The Military Family and the Changing Military Profession

Worker Representation in Military Organization

Military Unions

Organizational Dynamics and Change

Military Leadership: The Implications of Advanced Technology

Organization Challenge and Response by 1985

The Military as a Bureaucracy: The Super Activity Trap

Developments at the Academies

Modernization and Growth at the Service Academies: Some Organizational Consequences

Making It at the Air Force Academy: Who Stays? Who Succeeds?

Who Goes to the United States Naval Academy?

Evolutionary vs. Revolutionary Changes in Military Academy Cadets

Prescriptions for the Future

The Future Demands of Military Professionalism: The Views of a Retired Navy Vice Admiral

The Future Demands of Military Professionalism: The Views of an Army Major

Education in the Military: A Look into the Future

A Summary Perspective

The Changing World of the American Military

Notes:

"First published 1978 by Westview Press."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-31531-2

1-000-24343-5

0-429-30948-1

9780429309489

OCLC:

1109398897