Civil-Military Relations in a Post-9/11 World

Abstract

KEY INSIGHTS: *The civil-military relationship, and specifically the interaction between civilian leadership and uniformed military leaders, relies on the attitudes and actions of both civilians and the military. *Although recently there has been tension in the relationship between civilian leadership and the uniformed (and retired) military, there is currently no crisis in the civil control aspects of the civil-military relationship. *Many options are available to uniformed military leaders to express dissent other than resigning in protest - although these options are rarely discussed in open fora. *With an impending change in administration, care should be taken by the arriving civilian and incumbent military leaders to nurture the civil-military leadership.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA483557

Entities

People

  • Leonard Wong

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Executives
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Leadership
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • President (United States)
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Schools
  • Technical Information Centers
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.