Umfang:
xxvii, 259 Seiten :
,
Diagramme ;
,
23 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-7006-3398-2
Serie:
Studies in civil-military relations
Inhalt:
"Understanding US national security and foreign policy decision-making requires understanding the actors: the president, civilian elites, advisors, bureaucracies, and institutions. In Silent Coup of the Guardians, Todd Schmidt demonstrates that military elites constitute an epistemic community and, as such, play a unique role due to their exceptional influence over both policy process and outcome. His findings help explain nuanced relationships between military elites, the president, and Congress; decision-making in national security and foreign policy; and civil-military balance of power relations that suggest a potential trend of praetorian behavior among U.S. military elites. He concludes that a silent coup of the guardians has occurred, and that professionals and citizens need to ask what should be done to re-balance civil-military relations"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Military elites and praetorian propensities -- Genesis of the guardians -- The scholarly Roadmap -- Military elites as an epistemic community -- The role & influence of military elites -- Consequences -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Semi-structured interview Questions -- Appendix B: Sample population -- Appendix C: Wave one -- Appendix E: Interview methodology -- Appendix F: Analysis of the National Security Strategies of the United States -- Appendix G: Military elite conceptual attributes and theoretical implication
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Schmidt, Todd Andrew Silent coup of the guardians Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2023] ISBN 978-0-7006-3399-9
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Außenpolitik
;
Militär
;
Elite
;
Politische Entscheidung
;
Einfluss
;
Interviews
