US Defense Politics: The origins of security policy - Brossura

Sapolsky, Harvey M.; Gholz, Eugene; Talmadge, Caitlin

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ISBN 10: 0415661153 ISBN 13: 9780415661157

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2013

Riassunto

This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, with a new chapter on intelligence and new material on unmanned drones, women in the military, the Tea Party, and other key issues.

Analyzing the ways in which the United States prepares for war, the authors demonstrate how political and organizational interests determine US defense policy and warn against over-emphasis on planning, centralization, and technocracy. Emphasizing the process of defense policy-making rather than just the outcomes of that process, US Defense Politics departs from the traditional style of many existing textbooks.

Designed to help students understand the practical side of American national security policy, the book examines the following key themes:

• US grand strategy;
• who joins America's military;
• how and why weapons are bought;
• the management of defense;
• public attitudes toward the military and casualties;
• the roles of the President and the Congress in controlling the military;
• the effects of 9/11 and the Global War on Terror on security policy, homeland security, government reorganizations, and intra- and inter-service relations.

The textbook will be essential reading for students of US defense politics, US national security policy and homeland security, and highly recommended for students of US foreign policy, US public policy and public administration.

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Recensione:

"With admirable clarity and pithy prose, this book explores how America raises and equips its military, fights wars, and secures the homeland. It rightly encourages students of International Relations to engage with the business and politics of US national security. An essential text."-- Theo Farrell, King's College London, UK

"US Defense Politics is an invaluable resource for those teaching in the Professional Military Education (PME) system. It takes the domestic politics of national defense seriously, which is exactly what military professionals need to be exposed to as they rise up the ranks. I cannot think of a better introduction to civil-military relations as it is actually practiced in the United States."-- John Schuessler, US Air War College

"U.S. Defense Politics is a unique and invaluable resource for researching and teaching American national security policy. The text integrates details about little understood policymaking processes with insights into the politics associated with major defense related issues and debates. It is both practical and provocative, combining solid background with intriguing and nuanced arguments."-- Risa Brooks, Marquette University, USA

L'autore:

Harvey M. Sapolsky is Professor of Public Policy and Organization, Emeritus, at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the former Director of the MIT Security Studies Program.

Eugene Gholz is Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Caitlin Talmadge is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington DC.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415661153
• ISBN 13: 9780415661157
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 248