US Defense Politics - Harvey M. Sapolsky, Eugene Gholz, Caitlin Talmadge

US Defense Politics

The origins of security policy
Buch | Hardcover
248 Seiten
2013 | 2nd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-66114-0 (ISBN)
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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.

Harvey M. Sapolsky is Professor of Public Policy and Organization, Emeritus, at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the former Director of the MIT Security Studies Program. Eugene Gholz is Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Caitlin Talmadge is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington DC.

Chapter 1. Enduring Questions, Changing Politics


Chapter 2. America’s Security Strategy


Chapter 3. Organizing for Defense


Chapter 4. Managing Defense


Chapter 5. Who Fights?


Chapter 6 Service Politics


Chapter 7. The Political Economy of Defense


Chapter 8. The Weapons Acquisition Process


Chapter 9. Congress, Special Interests and Presidents


Chapter 10. Gaining Intelligence


Chapter 11. Homeland Security


Chapter 12. Preparing for the Next War

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.12.2013
Zusatzinfo 6 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 10 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 0-415-66114-5 / 0415661145
ISBN-13 978-0-415-66114-0 / 9780415661140
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