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Only the most able : moving beyond politics in the selection of national security leaders /

Stephen M. Duncan draws on a lifetime of military, public service, executive, and legal experience to argue with unusual insight and candor why the quality and performance of senior political appointees who are charged even in part with the nation's security must be improved, and offers specifi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duncan, Stephen M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The power to appoint civilian leaders -- The professionalism of military leaders prior to 1972 -- Personnel is policy -- Politics and unqualified civilian leaders -- The professionalism of military leaders from 1972 to 9/11/2001 -- Civilian leaders who can get things done -- Professionalism in the era of wars of a different kind -- Trust and clashes of culture and competence -- Politics in the middle of war -- The "professionalization" of amateur appointees. 
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