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

This book explores contemporary civil-military relations in the United States. Much of the canonical literature on civil-military relations was either written d

politics, and national security policy.--John R. Ballard "On Point"

While the president is the commander in chief, the US Congress plays a critical and underappreciated role in civil-military relations—the relationship between

The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations not only fills this important lacuna, but offers an up-to-date comparative analysis which identifies three es