US Defense Politics: The Origins of Security PolicyThis new textbook seeks to explain how US defense and national security policy is formulated and conducted. The focus is on the role of the President, Congress, political partisans, defense industries, lobbies, science, the media, and interest groups, including the military itself, in shaping policies. It examines the following key themes:
The book shows how political and organizational interests determine US defense policy, and warns against the introduction of centralising reforms. In emphasizing the process of defense policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, this book signals a departure from the style of many existing textbooks. |
Contents
1 Organizing for defense | 1 |
2 Americas security strategy | 14 |
3 Who fights Americas wars? | 27 |
4 The military and national politics | 43 |
5 The political economy of defense | 61 |
6 The weapons acquisition process | 80 |
7 Managing defense | 96 |
8 Service politics | 110 |
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US Defense Politics: The Origins of Security Policy Harvey M. Sapolsky,Eugene Gholz,Caitlin Talmadge No preview available - 2009 |
US Defense Politics: The Origins of Security Policy Harvey M. Sapolsky,Eugene Gholz,Caitlin Talmadge No preview available - 2009 |
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