US Defense Politics

The Origins of Security Policy
4. New Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-43190-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This book provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been updated and revised, with new material on the Trump Administration and Space Force.

Analyzing the ways in which the United States prepares for war, the authors demonstrate how political and organizational interests determine US defense policy and warn against over-emphasis on planning, centralization, and technocracy. Focusing on the process of defense policy-making rather than just the outcomes of that process, US Defense Politics departs from the traditional style of many textbooks.

Designed to help students understand the practical side of American national security policy, the book examines the following key themes:

- US grand strategy;

- the roles of the president and the Congress in controlling the military;

- organizational interests and civil-military relations;

- who joins America's military;

- what happens to veterans after wars;

- how and why weapons are bought;

- the management of defense and intra- and inter-service relations;

- public attitudes toward the military;

- homeland security and the intelligence community.

The fourth edition will be essential reading for students of US defense politics, national security policy, and homeland security, and highly recommended for students of US foreign policy, public policy, and public administration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sapolsky, Harvey M. (MIT, Cambridge, USA)

Sapolsky, Harvey M.

Gholz, Eugene

Talmadge, Caitlin (Georgetown University, USA.)

Talmadge, Caitlin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Enduring Questions, Changing Politics 2. America’s Security Strategy 3. Organizing for Defense 4. Managing Defense 5. Who Fights America’s Wars? 6. Service Politics 7. The Political Economy of Defense 8. The Weapons Acquisition Process 9. Congress and Special Interests 10. Presidents and the National Security Council 11. Gaining Intelligence 12. Homeland Security 13. Veterans and the Costs of War 14. Preparing for the Next War

Über Autor(innen)

Harvey M. Sapolsky is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Organization at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and the former Director of the MIT Security Studies Program.

Eugene Gholz is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Caitlin Talmadge is an Associate Professor of Security Studies at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, USA.