Huntington, Samuel P. <br/><br/>
The soldier and the state :  the theory and politics of civil-military relations / 
Samuel P. Huntington. 
 - xiii, 534 p ;  25 cm 
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<br/><br/>Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 469-517). 
<br/><br/>Officership as a profession -- Rise of the military profession in Western society -- Military mind: conservative realism of the professional military ethic -- Power, professionalism, and ideology: civil-military relations in theory -- Germany and Japan: civil-military relations in practice -- Ideological constant: the liberal society versus military professionalism -- Structural constant: the conservative constitution versus civilian control -- Roots of the American military tradition before the Civil War -- Creation of the American military profession -- Failure of the neo-Hamiltonian compromise, 1890-1920 -- Constancy of interwar civil-military relations -- World War II: the alchemy of power -- Civil-military relations in the postwar decade -- Political roles of the Joint Chiefs -- Separation of powers and Cold War defense -- Departmental structure of civil-military relations -- Toward a new equilibrium. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674817364 0674817362 0674817354 9780674817357 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>57006349  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB5708085  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000001215937 001772860  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil supremacy over the military--United States.<br/>Civil supremacy over the military.<br/>Civil-military relations--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UA23  / .H92