The Soldier and the State: The Idea and Politics of Civil–Navy Relations (Belknap Press S)

In a basic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges many of the outdated assumptions and concepts on the position of the army in society. Stressing the worth of the army outlook for American nationwide coverage, Huntington has carried out the distinctive job of creating a normal idea of civil–army relations and subjecting it to rigorous historic evaluation.

Half One presents the overall idea of the “army occupation,” the “army thoughts,” and civilian management. Huntington analyzes the rise of the army occupation in western Europe within the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and compares the civil–army relations of Germany and Japan between 1870 and 1945.

Half Two describes the 2 environmental constants of American civil–army relations, our liberal values and our conservative structure, after which analyzes the evolution of American civil–army relations from 1789 right down to 1940, focusing upon the emergence of the American army occupation and the influence upon it of mental and political currents.

Huntington describes the revolution in American civil–army relations which came about throughout World Battle II when the army emerged from their shell, assumed the management of the struggle, and adopted the attitudes of a liberal society. Half Three continues with an evaluation of the issues of American civil–army relations within the period of World Battle II and the Korean Battle: the political roles of the Joint Chiefs of Workers, the distinction in civil–army relations between the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, the position of Congress, and the group and functioning of the Division of Protection. Huntington concludes that People ought to reassess their liberal values on the idea of a brand new understanding of the conservative realism of the skilled army males.