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US defense politics : the origins of security policy /

"This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, with a new chapter on veterans and new material on topics such as cyberwarfare and lobbying. Analyzing the ways in which the United States prepare...

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Main Authors: Sapolsky, Harvey M
Group Author: Gholz, Eugene, 1971; Talmadge, Caitlin
Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
Subjects:
National security > United States
Civil-military relations > United States
United States > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures
United States > Military policy
Summary: "This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, with a new chapter on veterans and new material on topics such as cyberwarfare and lobbying. 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 depa
Carrier Form: ix, 263 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781138657618 (hardback) :
1138657611 (hardback)
9781138657649 (paperback)
1138657646 (paperback)
9781315621227 (ebook)
1315621223 (ebook)
Index Number: UA23
CLC: E712.0
Call Number: E712.0/S241/3rd ed.
Contents: Eduring questions, changing politics -- America's security strategy -- Organizing for defense: the evolution of US civil-military relations -- Managing defense -- Who fights America's wars? -- Service politics -- The political economy of defense -- The weapons acquisition process -- Congress and special interests -- Presidents and the National Security Council -- Gaining intelligence -- Homeland security -- Veterans and the costs of war -- Preparing for the next war.

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