Research Catalog

Title

Civil-military relations and shared responsibility : a four-nation study / Dale R. Herspring.

Author

Herspring, Dale R. (Dale Roy)

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2013.

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Details

Description

xi, 349 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Dale R. Herspring considers the factors that allow some civilian and military organizations to operate more productively in a political context than others, bringing into comparative study for the first time the military organizations of the U.S., Russia, Germany, and Canada. Refuting the work of scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington and Michael C. Desch, Civil-Military Relations and Shared Responsibility approaches civil-military relations from a new angle, military culture, arguing that the optimal form of civil-military relations is one of shared responsibility between the two groups. Herspring outlines eight factors that contribute to conditions that promote and support shared responsibility among civilian officials and the military, including such prerequisites as civilian leaders not interfering in the military's promotion process and civilian respect for military symbols and traditions. He uses these indicators in his comparative treatment of the U.S., Russian, German, and Canadian militaries. Civilian authorities are always in charge and the decision on how to treat the military is a civilian decision. However, Herspring argues, failure by civilians to respect military culture will antagonize senior military officials, who will feel less free to express their views, thus depriving senior civilian officials, most of whom have no military experience, of the expert advice of those most capable of assessing the far-reaching forms of violence. This issue of civilian respect for military culture and operations plays out in Herspring's country case studies. Scholars of civil-military relations will find much to debate in Herspring's framework, while students of civil-military and defense policy will appreciate Herspring's brief historical tour of each countries' post-World War II political and policy landscapes."--Publisher's website.

Subjects

• North America
• Canada
• United States
• Duitsland
• Internationaler Vergleich
• Russland
• Militairen
• Overheid
• Civil-military relations > Europe
• Soviet Union
• Case studies
• Europe
• Zivil-militärische Zusammenarbeit
• Kanada
• Civil-military relations > Case studies
• Politieke activiteit
• Germany
• Civil-military relations > North America

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-338) and index.

Contents

A conceptual framework for shared responsibility in civil military relations -- United States -- From Kennedy to Reagan -- From George Bush to Obama -- Germany -- From the creation to Willi Brandt -- From Helmut Schmidt to Merkel -- Canada -- From Hellyer to Trudeau -- From Mulroney to Harper -- Russia -- From the creation of the Russian military to Putin -- From Putin to Medvedev -- Creating shared responsibility in civil military relations.

Call Number

JFE 15-8239

ISBN

• 9781421409283 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
• 9781421409290 (electronic)
• 1421409283 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
• 1421409291 (electronic)

LCCN

2012036884

OCLC

809845189

Author

Herspring, Dale R. (Dale Roy)

Title

Civil-military relations and shared responsibility : a four-nation study / Dale R. Herspring.

Imprint

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-338) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 15-8239