Strategic Dissent: How a Culture of Dissent is Destroying Military Professionalism

Abstract

Samuel Huntingtons institutional theory of objective control best describes an idealized version of American civil-military relationship, with an obedient and apolitical officer corps. Current trends in strategic officers behavior, however, illustrate that dissention and disobedience are becoming more accepted among the officer corps. Civilian leaders are freely acquiescing more power and influence to the military concerning budgets, equipment, and foreign policy matters. The combination of disobedience and the greater power and influence makes institutional theory less applicable to Americas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176124

Entities

People

  • Jody L. Cooley

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • National Security
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies