Silent Coup of the Guardians : The Influence of U.S. Military Elites on National Security /

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"Understanding US national security and foreign policy decision-making requires understanding the actors: the president, civilian elites, advisors, bureaucracies, and institutions. In Silent Coup of the Guardians, Todd Schmidt demonstrates that military elites constitute an epistemic community...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Todd Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National security > Decision making.
Elite (Social sciences)
Civil-military relations.
Armed Forces > Officials and employees.
HISTORY / Military / United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.
Elite (Social sciences) > United States.
National security > United States > Decision making.
Civil-military relations > United States.
United States.
United States > Armed Forces > Officials and employees > Interviews.
Interviews.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Military elites and praetorian propensities
  • Genesis of the guardians
  • The scholarly Roadmap
  • Military elites as an epistemic community
  • The role & influence of military elites
  • Consequences
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Semi-structured interview Questions
  • Appendix B: Sample population
  • Appendix C: Wave one
  • Appendix E: Interview methodology
  • Appendix F: Analysis of the National Security Strategies of the United States
  • Appendix G: Military elite conceptual attributes and theoretical implication.

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