Military politics : new perspectives / edited by Thomas Crosbie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crosbie, Thomas.

Series:

Military Politics Series; 1

Military Politics Series 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Political activity.

Armed Forces.

Civil-military relations.

Genre:

Electronic Books

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Summary:

"Bringing together new research by leading scholars, this volume rethinks the role played by militaries in politics. It introduces new theories of military politics, arguing against the inherited theories and practices of civil-military relations, and presents rich new data on senior officership and on the intersection of military politics and military operations. As the first volume in Berghahn Books' Military Politics series, it provides a blueprint for a new research paradigm dedicated to tracing how militaries shape their political environments, focusing particularly on the core democratic questions raised by politically-effective (and ineffective) militaries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction - Breach, Neglect, Guidance: New Perspectives on Military Politics

Part I - New Theoretical Perspectives

Chapter 1 - What Is Military Politics?

Chapter 2 - Rethinking Clausewitz's Chameleon: Is It Rime for Western Militaries to Abandon the Idea of War's Immutable Nature?

Part II - New Perspectives on Senior Officership

Chapter 3 - Military Contrarianism: The Case of Israel

Chapter 4 - Embedded in Politics: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Its Chairman, and the Structure of US Civil-Military Relations

Chapter 5 - Civil-Military Challenges and the Militia

Chapter 6 - Strategic Civil-Military Relations: Tomorrow's Generals' Views on Dissent, Disobedience, and Principled Resignation

Part III - Military Politics and Military Operations

Chapter 7 - Military Politics on the Battlefield: Strategy and Effectiveness at War

Chapter 8 - Begging Permission, Asking Forgiveness: Wearing Two Hats in Multilateral Military Operations

Chapter 9 - Judges on the Battlefield? Judicial Observer Effects in US and UK National Security Policies

Chapter 10 - Small Powers' Civil-Military Relations: Two Smoking Guns

Conclusion - Military Politics as Research Program

Index.

Notes:

GOBI

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Crosbie, Thomas Military Politics

ISBN:

9781805390244

1805390244

OCLC:

1381711315