Civil–Military Relations
Title: The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations
Author: Samuel P. Huntington
Book Description:
In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for American national policy, Huntington has performed the distinctive task of developing a general theory of civil-military relations and subjecting it to rigorous historical analysis.
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Title: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
Author: Robert M Gates
Book Description:
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he’d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents […]
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