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Warriors and Politicians: US Civil-Military Relations Under Stress (Cass Military Studies)

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Author(s): CHARLES A. STEVENSON
Edition: 1
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 256

Book Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
1. Introduction: The Peculiar Nature of US Civil-Military Relations......Page 16
Part I: The Challenge of Warfighting......Page 28
2. Revolutionary War by Committee......Page 30
3. Lincoln, Congress, and the Generals......Page 45
4. Managing the Vietnam War......Page 67
Part II: The Challenge of Rearmament......Page 92
5. John Adams and the Politics of Rearmament, 1798......Page 94
6. Franklin Roosevelt and the Politics of Rearmament......Page 108
7. Harry Truman and the Politics of Rearmament......Page 129
Part III: The Challenge of Transformation......Page 152
8. Theodore Roosevelt and Military Modernization......Page 154
9. The McNamara Revolution......Page 167
10. The Goldwater-Nichols Revolution From Above......Page 180
11. The Bush-Rumsfeld Wars and Transformation......Page 192
12. Conclusions: US Civil-Military Relations Under Stress......Page 209
Notes......Page 229
Bibliography......Page 252
Index......Page 263