The the theory and politics of civil-military relations Huntington, Samuel P. creator text bibliography mau Cambridge Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1957 monographic eng

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xiii, 534 p. 25 cm. 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. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 469-517) n-us--- Militarism United States Civil supremacy over the military United States Militarismo Estados Unidos Supremacía civil sobre los militares Estados Unidos Primera Jornada de Catalogacion UA 23 H953s 1957 342.73 57006349 DLC 731023 20230410105249.0 113932