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Four Guardians : A Principled Agent View of American Civil-Military Relations /

"This book explains who the four US military services truly are and why they make and execute policy as they do. The book focuses on American civil-military relationships, explaining why the services imperfectly satisfy their civilian bosses and why the four services think and act so differentl...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Donnithorne, Jeffrey W. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Principled agent theory
  • Thinking like a sailor, the service culture of the United States Navy
  • The few and the proud, the service culture of the United States Marine Corps
  • Washington's own, the service culture of the United States Army
  • Fighting for air, the service culture of the United States Air Force
  • Getting there fast, the story of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
  • Getting to yes, passing the Goldwater-Nichols act of 1986.