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Format: XVIII, 261 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0801426758

Series Statement: Cornell studies in security affairs

Content: Few problems of national security have remained as critical in the post-Cold War era as those raised by the command and control of nuclear weapons. Should nuclear arsenals be overseen by civilians rather than military experts? How can effective civilian control be ensured? In this lucid and penetrating book, Peter Douglas Feaver tells the story of U.S. nuclear custody policy from 1945 to the present and offers a new framework for approaching the issue of nuclear command and control. Feaver first examines the fundamental constraints and dilemmas inherent in the operation of nuclear command and control. He provides an overview of civilian control of each component of nuclear operation, with reference to three major factors: the president, who has the legal authority to order the use of nuclear weapons; key military officers who are authorized to detonate weapons without the president's permission; and lower-level officers who have physical control of the weapons. Feaver next offers a model identifying factors that explain changes in civilian control policy over time. Drawing on extensive interviews and recently declassified government documents, he then provides a rich historical account of nuclear weapons custody, paying particular attention to the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations. Guarding the Guardians will be an essential resource for political scientists, policy-makers, security affairs specialists, historians, and anyone concerned with addressing the hazards created by nuclear arms.

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Regierung ; Kernwaffe ; Rüstungsbegrenzung ; USA ; Kernwaffe ; Politische Kontrolle ; Kontrolle

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Format: 127 S.

ISBN: 0819163376 , 0819163368

Series Statement: Center for Science and International Affairs 〈Cambridge, Mass.〉: CSIA occasional paper 2

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Kernwaffe ; Einsatz ; Kontrollsystem ; Kernwaffe ; Rüstungsbegrenzung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xi, 381 p. , ill. : 24 cm

ISBN: 0674010515

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-369) and index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Militär ; Zivilbevölkerung

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Format: XIII, 236 S. , 24 cm

ISBN: 0691115842

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and indexes

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Militär ; Zivilbevölkerung ; Öffentliche Meinung ; Bibliografie

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/prin051/2003043344.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin051/2003043344.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin051/2003043344.html

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Format: 381 S. , graph. Darst.

Edition: 1. paperback ed.

ISBN: 9780674017610 , 0674010515 , 0674017617

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-369) and index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Militär ; Zivilbevölkerung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: XII, 545 Seiten , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 0262062232

Series Statement: BCSIA studies in international security

Content: Nach Ansicht militärischer und politischer Sachverständiger entsteht in den USA eine sich ständig vergrößernde Kluft in den zivil-militärischen Beziehungen, deren Merkmale hier erörtert werden. Die zunehmende Professionalisierung des militärischen Bereichs hat zu ernsthaften Verständigungsschwierigkeiten zwischen zivilen und militärischen Institutionen geführt, welche die Effektivität der Streitkräfte ernsthaft beeinflussen und damit die nationale Sicherheit gefährden können. Das Ausmaß und die Folgen dieses Auseinanderdriftens werden aus verschiedenen Perspektiven aufgezeigt und diskutiert; zugleich wird untersucht, wie dieser Entwicklung begegnet werden kann, um die Streitkräfte auch weiterhin in die Lage zu versetzen, ihre Aufgaben der Wahrung der nationalen Sicherheit der USA zu erfüllen.

Language: English

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Format: XIV, 289 Seiten , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 9780691139029

Language: English

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Format: xvi, 310 Seiten , Diagramme

ISBN: 9780197681138 , 9780197681121

Series Statement: Bridging the gap

Content: A definitive study on the decades-long run of high public confidence in the military and why it may rest on some shaky foundations. What explains the high levels of public confidence in the US military and does high confidence matter? In Thanks for Your Service, the eminent civil-military relations scholar Peter D. Feaver addresses this question and focuses on what it means for the military. Proprietary survey data show that confidence is partly based on public beliefs about the military's high competence, adherence to high professional ethics, and a determination to stand apart from the bitter divisions of partisan politics. However, as Feaver argues, confidence is also shaped by a partisan gap and by social desirability bias, the idea that some individuals express confidence in the military because they believe that is the socially approved attitude to hold. Not only does Feaver help us understand how and why the public has confidence in the military, but he also exposes problems that policymakers need to be aware of. Specifically, this book traces how confidence in the institution shapes public attitudes on the use of force and may not always reinforce best practices in democratic civil-military relations. (AUT)

Language: English

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Format: xi, 381 Seiten , Diagramme

Edition: First Havard University Press paperback edition

ISBN: 0674017617 , 0674010515

Content: How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book, Peter Feaver proposes an ambitious new theory that treats civil-military relations as a principal-agent relationship, with the civilian executive monitoring the actions of military agents, the "armed servants" of the nation-state. Military obedience is not automatic but depends on strategic calculations of whether civilians will catch and punish misbehavior. This model challenges Samuel Huntington's professionalism-based model of civil-military relations, and provides an innovative way of making sense of the U.S. Cold War and post-Cold War experience - especially the distinctively stormy civil-military relations of the Clinton era. In the decade after the Cold War ended, civilians and the military had a variety of run-ins over whether and how to use military force. These episodes, as interpreted by agency theory, contradict the conventional wisdom that civil-military relations matter only if there is risk of a coup. On the contrary, military professionalism does not by itself ensure unchallenged civilian authority. As Feaver argues, agency theory offers the best foundation for thinking about relations between military and civilian leaders, now and in the future. (AUT)

Language: English

URL: http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780674010512.pdf

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Format: xxvii, 743 Seiten , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780815739777

Content: "This book details the Bush administration's national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified transition memoranda prepared by the National Security Council experts who advised President Bush"--

Note: Foreword / George W. Bush -- Preface / Condoleezza Rice and Stephen J. Hadley -- Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley and Meghan L O'Sullivan - PART 2. THE SOUL OF BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 1. THE FREEDOM AGENDA - Transition Memorandum: Freedom Agenda - Postscript / Michael Gerson, Peter Wehner -- PART 2. THE WAR ON TERROR - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 2. THE FIGHT AGAINST AL QAEDA - Transition Memoranda: Dismantling al Qaeda - Combating Terrorist Financing and Using Financial Tools to Isolate Rogue Actors - Postscript / Nicholas Rasmussen -- CHAPTER 3. INSTITUTIONALIZING THE WAR ON TERROR - Transition Memorandum: Institutionalizing the War on Terror - Postscript / Michele L. Malvesti -- CHAPTER 4. THE WAR OF IDEAS - Transition Memorandum: War of Ideas -- Postscript / Farrah Pandith -- PART 3. INTERVENTIONS AND STABILIZATION - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 5. AFGHANISTAN - Transition Memorandum: Afghanistan -- , Postscript / Paul D. Miller, Douglas Lute, Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- CHAPTER 6. PAKISTAN - Transition Memorandum: Pakistan - Postscript / Mark Webber -- CHAPTER 7. IRAQ - Transition Memorandum: Iraq - Postscript / Meghan O. Sullivan -- CHAPTER 8. COLOMBIA - Transition Memorandum: Colombia - Postscript / Thomas Shannon, Daniel W. Fisk -- CHAPTER 9. LEBANON - Transition Memorandum: Lebanon - Postscript / Michael Singh -- CHAPTER 10. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS - Transition Memorandum: Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations - Postscript / Richard Hooker -- PART 4. THE PROLIFERATION PROBLEM - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 11. MEETING THE CHALLENGE - Transition Memoranda: Counterproliferation Policy - Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism -- Postscript / Michael Allen -- CHAPTER 12. TURNING LIBYA/THWARTING A. Q. KHAN - Transition Memorandum: US efforts to Turn Libya and Dismantle the A. Q. Khan Nuclear Proliferation Network -- , Postscript : William Tobey - CHAPTER 13. IRAN - Transition Memorandum: Our Approach to Iran -Postscript / Michael Singh -- CHAPTER 14. NORTH KOREA - Transition Memorandum: North Korea and Six-Party Talks - Postscript / Victor Cha, Michael Allen, J. D. Crouch, Michael Green, Paul Haenle -- CHAPTER 15. MISSILE DEFENSE - Transition Memorandum: Missile Defense - Postscript / William Tobey , PART 5. GREAT POWER COMPETITION - Introduction / Stephen Hadley -- CHAPTER 16. EUROPE - Transition Memoranda: Europe Whole, Free, and at Peace - Western Balkans - Postscript / Damon Wilson, Judy Ansley, Daniel Fried -- CHAPTER 17. RUSSIA - Transition Memorandum: Managing Cooperation/Differences With Russia - Postscript / Thomas Graham -- CHAPTER 18. CHINA - Transition Memoranda: China Policy - East Asian Alliances and Architecture - Postscript / Paul Haenle, Michael Green, Faryar Shirzad -- CHAPTER 19. INDIA - Transition Memorandum: India -- Postscript / Mark Webber -- PART 6. DEVELOPING WORLD AND REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - SUBPART 1. TRANSFORMING DEVELOPMENT - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley --CHAPTER 20. A NEW STRATEGY - Transition Memorandum: Smart Development - Postscript / John Simon, Jendayi Frazer, Bobby Pittman -- SUBPART 2. COMBATING ENDEMIC DISEASES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley -- , CHAPTER 21. HIV/AIDS - Transition Memorandum: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - Postscript / Mark Dybul, Dana DeRuiter -- CHAPTER 22. MALARIA - Transition Memorandum: The President's Malaria Initiative - Postscript / Michael Miller, Tim Ziemer -- CHAPTER 23. NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - Transition Memorandum: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Postscript / Dana DeRuiter, Mark Dybul - CHAPTER 24. PANDEMIC PREPARATION - Essay: Biodefense and Pandemic Planning / Rajeev Venkayya -- SUBPART C. RESOLVING LONG-STANDING CONFLICTS - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley -- CHAPTER 25. AFRICA - Transition Memorandum: Africa Conflict Resolution Policy - Postscript / Jendayi Frazer, Bobby Pittman, John Simon - CHAPTER 26. MIDDLE EAST PEACE - Transition Memorandum: Middle East Peace Process - Postscript / Michael Singh -- PART 7. EMERGING CHALLENGES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 27. CYBER - Essay: Cyber Preparedness / Kenneth L. Wainstein, Keith Ausbrook, Neill Sciarrone -- , CHAPTER 28. CLIMATE CHANGE - Essay: Climate Change and Clean Development / James L. Connaughton - CHAPTER 29. AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM - Transition Memorandum: Confronting Authoritarian Populism - Postscript / Thomas Shannon, Daniel W. Fisk -- PART 8. COMMENTARY - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 30. "AN ILLUMINATING HANDOFF, an essay by Melvyn P. Leffler -- CHAPTER 31. "REASSESSING BUSH'S LEGACY : WHAT THE TRANSITION MEMORANDA DO (AND DON'T) REVEAL." an essay by Hal Brands -- CHAPTER 32. "TRANSFORMING PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN A POST-9/11 WORLD," an essay by Martha Joynt Kumar , Appendix A. Complete List of Bush Administration National Security Council Transition Memoranda -- Appendix B. Description of Digital Archives to be Maintained at SMU -- Contributing Authors -- Postscript Authors: Titles Held During the Bush 43 Administration -- Index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-81573-978-4

Language: English

Keywords: USA ; Außenpolitik ; Geschichte 2001-2016

Author information: Rice, Condoleezza 1954-

Author information: Bush, George W. 1946-