Congress and civil-military relations

Resource Information

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Label

Congress and civil-military relations

Statement of responsibility

Colton C. Campbell and David P. Auerswald, editors

Contributor

• Campbell, Colton C., 1965-
• Auerswald, David P.

Editor

• Campbell, Colton C., 1965-
• Auerswald, David P.

Subject

• United States, Congress
• United States, Congress
• Civil-military relations
• United States
• Civil-military relations -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

While the president is the commander-in-chief, Congress plays a very significant and underappreciated role in US civil-military relations, the relationship between the armed forces and the civilian leadership that commands it. Indeed, we cannot understand civil-military relations in the United States without an appreciation of Congress. The ebbs and flows in US civil-military relations depend in part on congressional use of four main tools available to provide direction to the military. These include the selection of military officers, determining how much authority is delegated to the military, oversight of the military, and establishing incentives for appropriate military behavior. Congress sets the military's budget, influences military policy by calling officers to testify, sets or changes personnel policy, and approves or rejects a host of initiatives from officer promotion to base closures. This unique book will help readers better understand the role of Congress in military affairs and national and international security policy

Cataloging source

DGU/DLC

Dewey number

322/.50973

Index

index present

LC call number

JK330

LC item number

.C66 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography