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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455134103321

Autore

Feaver Peter

Titolo

Armed servants [[electronic resource] ] : agency, oversight, and civil-military relations / / Peter D. Feaver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-26287-5

0-674-03677-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Disciplina

322.50973

Soggetti

Civil-military relations - United States

Civil supremacy over the military - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Huntington's Cold War Puzzle -- CHAPTER 3. The Informal Agency Theory -- CHAPTER 4. A Formal Agency Model of Civil-Military Relations -- CHAPTER 5. An Agency Theory Solution to the Cold War Puzzle -- CHAPTER 6. Explaining the Post-Cold War "Crisis," 1990-2000 -- CHAPTER 7. Using Agency Theory to Explore the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War Era -- CHAPTER 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index