Huntington, Samuel P.

The soldier and the state; the theory and politics of civil-military relations. - Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1957. - xiii, 534 p. 25 cm.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 469-517)

Officership as a profession -- Rise of the military profession in Western society -- Military mind: conservative realism of the professional military ethic -- Power, professionalism, and ideology: civil-military relations in theory -- Germany and Japan: civil-military relations in practice -- Ideological constant: the liberal society versus military professionalism -- Structural constant: the conservative constitution versus civilian control -- Roots of the American military tradition before the Civil War -- Creation of the American military profession -- Failure of the neo-Hamiltonian compromise, 1890-1920 -- Constancy of interwar civil-military relations -- World War II: the alchemy of power -- Civil-military relations in the postwar decade -- Political roles of the Joint Chiefs -- Separation of powers and Cold War defense -- Departmental structure of civil-military relations -- Toward a new equilibrium.

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Militarism--United States.
Civil supremacy over the military--United States.
Militarismo--Estados Unidos.
SupremacĂ­a civil sobre los militares--Estados Unidos.
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion

UA 23 / H953s 1957

342.73