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Securing the State - 9780754672906

Un libro in lingua di Gibson Christopher P. edito da Ashgate Pub Co, 2008

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Suggesting that one of the core problems with the American project in Iraq has been dysfunctional civil-military relations at the Pentagon, in which politically-appointed civilian officials have drowned out the strategic analysis, options, and advice of military officers using similar methods employed by Robert McNamara during the Vietnam War and with similar negative impacts on policy effectiveness, Gibson (Director of Operations and Plans for the 25th Infantry Division of the US Army) examines the current normative frameworks available for setting the structures and rules of the civil-military nexus and finds them all lacking. He then presents his own "Madisonian approach," named after James Madison because it is based on the principle that countervailing, rather than dominating, forces can be employed to maximize effectiveness and accountability. Generals George Washington and George Marshall are cited as models of how military officers should conduct themselves under this framework. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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