American Civil-Military Relations by Suzanne C. Nielsen, Don ... - 9780801892882

American Civil-Military RelationsThe Soldier and the State in a New Era\nAuthor(s): Suzanne C. Nielsen, Don M. Snider\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States\nImprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801892882, 978-0801892882\nSynopsis\nAmerican Civil-Military Relations offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington's field-defining book, The Soldier and the State. Using this seminal work as a point of departure, experts in the fields of political science, history, and sociology ask what has been learned and what more needs to be investigated in the relationship between civilian and military sectors in the 21st century. Leading scholars-such as Richard Betts, Risa Brooks, James Burk, Michael Desch, Peter Feaver, Richard Kohn, Williamson Murray, and David Segal-discuss key issues, including:* changes in officer education since the end of the Cold War;* shifting conceptions of mi.