What Military Officers Need to Know About Civil-Military Relations

Abstract

Civil-military relations describe the interactions among the people of a state, the institutions of that state, and the military of the state. At the institutional level, there are two hands on the sword.1 The civil hand determines when to draw it from the scabbard and thence guides it in its use. This is the dominant hand of policy, the purpose for which the sword exists in the first place. The military's hand sharpens the sword for use and wields it in combat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1001901

Entities

People

  • Mackubin T. Owens

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Congress
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military History
  • Minority Groups
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies