US Defense Politics
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-66115-7 (ISBN)
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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.
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.
Chapter 1. Enduring Questions, Changing Politics
Chapter 2. America’s Security Strategy
Chapter 3. Organizing for Defense
Chapter 4. Managing Defense
Chapter 5. Who Fights?
Chapter 6 Service Politics
Chapter 7. The Political Economy of Defense
Chapter 8. The Weapons Acquisition Process
Chapter 9. Congress, Special Interests and Presidents
Chapter 10. Gaining Intelligence
Chapter 11. Homeland Security
Chapter 12. Preparing for the Next War
| Zusatzinfo | 6 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 10 Tables, black and white |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 431 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-66115-3 / 0415661153 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-66115-7 / 9780415661157 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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