Soldiers and Civilians The Civil-Military Gap and American National Security

"Soldiers and Civilians" analyzes the emerging civil-military "gap" in the United States, drawing on a major survey of military officers, civilian leaders, and the general public. The books contributors, leading scholars of defense policy, find that numerous schisms have undermined civil-military cooperation and harmed military effectiveness.

About the author

Peter Feaver is Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. Richard H. Kohn is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Summary

Essays on the emerging military-civilian divide in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Peter D. Feaver, Peter D. Kohn Feaver
• Assisted by: Richard H. Kohn (Editor), Peter D. Feaver (Editor)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.09.2001
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780262561426
• ISBN: 978-0-262-56142-6
• Pages: 557
• Series: Belfer Center Studies in International Security; Bcsia Studies in International