U.S. Defense Politics: The Origins of Security Policy

By: Harvey M. Sapolsky and Eugene Gholz and Caitlin Talmadge

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Synopsis: This new textbook explains how US defence and national security policy is formulated and conducted. Harvey Sapolsky and Eugene Gholz focus on the role of the President, Congress, political partisans, the defence industries, lobbies, and interest groups, including the military itself, in shaping policies. The book examines the following key themes: US grand strategy who joins America's military how and why weapons are bought the management of defence public attitudes toward the military and casualties the roles of the President and the Congress in controlling the military the effects of 9/11 on security policy, homeland security, government reorganizations, and intra- and inter-service relations. In addition to these core descriptive and analytical themes, the authors emphasize the process of defence policy-making rather than just the outcomes of that processa? a departure from the style of many existing textbooks. US Defense Policy and National Security will be essential reading for students of national security, US defence politics, and US public policy courses, and recommended for students of foreign policy, international security and political science.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 191 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780415772655
Publisher:: Routledge
Date of Addition:: 02/07/13
Copyrighted By:: Routledge
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: 8
Proofread By:: 8
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.