Civilian control of the military the changing security environment

The end of the Cold War brought widespread optimism about the future of civil-military relations. But as Michael Desch argues in this thought-provoking challenge to Harold Lasswell's famous "garrison state" thesis, the truth is that civilian authorities have not been able to exert gre...

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Main Author: Desch, Michael C. (Michael Charles) 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2001
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Call Number :JF 195 .D47 2001

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