Choosing Your Battles : American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force /

America's debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military camps. Top military officials appeared reluctant to use force, the most hawkish voices in government were civilians who had not served in uniform, and everyone was worried that the American public would...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Feaver, Peter
Otros Autores: Gelpi, Christopher, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Intervention militaire.
Relations civilo-militaires.
Prise de decision.
Politique etrangere.
Pouvoirs exceptionnels > États-Unis.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > États-Unis.
Öffentliche Meinung
Zivilbevölkerung
Militär
War and emergency powers.
Civil-military relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
War and emergency powers > United States.
Civil-military relations > United States.
États-Unis.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:America's debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military camps. Top military officials appeared reluctant to use force, the most hawkish voices in government were civilians who had not served in uniform, and everyone was worried that the American public would not tolerate casualties in war. This book shows that this civilian-military argument--which has characterized earlier debates over Bosnia, Somalia, and Kosovo--is typical, not exceptional. Indeed, the underlying pattern has shaped U.S. foreign policy at least since 1816. The new afterword by Peter Feav.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (268 pages).
ISBN:9781400841455

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