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US DEFENSE POLITICS
THE ORIGINS OF SECURITY POLICY |
| By: |
Harvey M. Sapolsky, Eugene Gholz, Caitlin Talmadge |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£34.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1135104395 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781135104399 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
4 December, 2013 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
Seeks to explain how US defense and national security policy is formulated and conducted. This book places its focus on the role of the President, Congress, political partisans, defense industries, lobbies, science, the media, and interest groups, including the military itself, in shaping policies. |
| Synopsis: |
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 intelligence and new material on unmanned drones, women in the military, the Tea Party, and other key issues. 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 departs from the traditional style of many existing textbooks.Designed to help students understand the practical side of American national security policy, the book examines the following key themes:US grand strategy; who joins America's military;how and why weapons are bought; the management of defense; public attitudes toward the military and casualties;the roles of the President and the Congress in controlling the military; the effects of 9/11 and the Global War on Terror on security policy, homeland security, government reorganizations, and intra- and inter-service relations.The textbook will be essential reading for students of US defense politics, US national security policy and homeland security, and highly recommended for students of US foreign policy, US public policy and public administration. |
| Illustrations: |
6 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 10 Tables, |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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