ABSTRACT
This book provides a conceptual understanding of civil-military relations, a revised framework which accommodates complex and dynamic features of modern political life, focusing on successful adjustments to post-Vietnam realities on the part of the Department of Defense (DOD).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |36 pages
Introduction
part |72 pages
The Changing Policy Environment
chapter 2|18 pages
U.S. Commitments and Alliances
Some Implications of the Changing International Environment
part |82 pages
Civil-Military Relations at the Community and Operational Level
chapter 7|16 pages
Civilian-Military Racism in the Seventies
The Challenge of Reducing Cultural Differences Through Planned Change
chapter 8|24 pages
The Role of the Military in American Society Vis-A-Vis Drug Abuse
Scapegoat, National Laboratory and Potential Change Agent
part |124 pages
National Security Politics at Top Policy Levels
chapter 11|16 pages
The Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Nixon Administration
The Method and The Men
chapter 12|20 pages
Militarism or the Military Virtues
The Changing Role of Military Force in National Policy
chapter 13|24 pages
Bread, Guns and Uncle Sam
International Realities and Their Implications For U.S. Relations With the World
part |26 pages
Conclusions
