Warriors and Politicians: US Civil-Military Relations under Stress (Cass Military Studies) 9780415770071, 9780415770088

With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the

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Warriors and Politicians: US Civil-Military Relations under Stress (Cass Military Studies)
9780415770071, 9780415770088

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Based on the day-to-day record of an American sociologist imprisoned for three years in a Japanese concentration camp in

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A thorough survey of the key issues that surround the relations between the military and its civilian control in the US

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The stress of war tries men as no other test that they have encountered in civilized life. Like a crucial experiment it

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Sociological investigation of the poverty problems experienced by a cross-section of families in Toa Payoh, a satellite

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The authors explore the increasing ungovernmability of the Jewish state, its obsolete electoral system and cynical coali

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As increasingly contentious politics in the United States raise concerns over the "politicization" of traditio

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This book examines the use of military force as a coercive tool by the United States, using lessons drawn from the post-

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While coasts are often places of unsurpassing beauty, many coastal communities suffer from poverty, unemployment, health

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