War and Politics
Author | : Bernard Brodie |
Publisher | : New York : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1973 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015013960961 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
This book attempts to put war in its political context.
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Author | : Bernard Brodie |
Publisher | : New York : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1973 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015013960961 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
This book attempts to put war in its political context.
Author | : Carl von Clausewitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1908 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105025380887 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Author | : Michael A. McDonnell |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 565 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780807839041 |
ISBN-13 | : 0807839043 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
War often unites a society behind a common cause, but the notion of diverse populations all rallying together to fight on the same side disguises the complex social forces that come into play in the midst of perceived unity. Michael A. McDonnell uses the Revolution in Virginia to examine the political and social struggles of a revolutionary society at war with itself as much as with Great Britain. McDonnell documents the numerous contests within Virginia over mobilizing for war--struggles between ordinary Virginians and patriot leaders, between the lower and middle classes, and between blacks and whites. From these conflicts emerged a republican polity rife with racial and class tensions. Looking at the Revolution in Virginia from the bottom up, The Politics of War demonstrates how contests over waging war in turn shaped society and the emerging new political settlement. With its insights into the mobilization of popular support, the exposure of social rifts, and the inversion of power relations, McDonnell's analysis is relevant to any society at war.
Author | : Arnold L. Punaro |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 1612519067 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781612519067 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Major General Arnold Punaro, USMC (Ret.), served 35 years in uniform. He spent 24 years in the U.S. Senate, becoming Staff Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was a top industry executive and is currently CEO of a small business. He serves on numerous boards and commissions related to national security
Author | : David E. Kaiser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 1990 |
ISBN-10 | : 1850432465 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781850432463 |
Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
David Kaiser looks at four hundred years of modern European history to find the political causes of war. In four distinct periods he shows how war became a natural function of politics.
Author | : Amy Fried |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 2021-08-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780231551243 |
ISBN-13 | : 023155124X |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Polling shows that since the 1950s Americans’ trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In At War with Government, the political scientists Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris reveal that this trend is no accident. Although distrust of authority is deeply rooted in American culture, it is fueled by conservative elites who benefit from it. Since the postwar era conservative leaders have deliberately and strategically undermined faith in the political system for partisan aims. Fried and Harris detail how conservatives have sown distrust to build organizations, win elections, shift power toward institutions that they control, and secure policy victories. They trace this strategy from the Nixon and Reagan years through Gingrich’s Contract with America, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump’s rise and presidency. Conservatives have promoted a political identity opposed to domestic state action, used racial messages to undermine unity, and cultivated cynicism to build and bolster coalitions. Once in power, they have defunded public services unless they help their constituencies and rolled back regulations, perversely proving the failure of government. Fried and Harris draw on archival sources to document how conservative elites have strategized behind the scenes. With a powerful diagnosis of our polarized era, At War with Government also proposes how we might rebuild trust in government by countering the strategies conservatives have used to weaken it.
Author | : Keir A. Lieber |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2018-09-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501724466 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501724460 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Do some technologies provoke war? Do others promote peace? Offense-defense theory contends that technological change is an important cause of conflict: leaders will be tempted to launch wars when they believe innovation favors attackers over defenders. Offense-defense theory is perhaps best known from the passionate and intricate debates about first-strike capability and deterrence stability during the cold war, but it has deeper historical roots, remains a staple in international relations theorizing, and drives modern arms control policymaking. In War and the Engineers, the first book systematically to test the logical and empirical validity of offense-defense theory, Keir A. Lieber examines the relationships among politics, technology, and the causes of war. Lieber's cases explore the military and political implications of the spread of railroads, the emergence of rifled small arms and artillery, the introduction of battle tanks, and the nuclear revolution. Lieber incorporates the new historiography of World War I, which draws on archival materials that only recently became available, to challenge many common beliefs about the conflict. The author's central conclusion is that technology is neither a cause of international conflict nor a panacea; instead, power politics remains paramount.
Author | : Campbell Craig |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2020-07-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674247345 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674247345 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
“A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union.” —Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy “Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic pressures as external threats. America’s Cold War is history at its provocative best.” —Mark Atwood Lawrence, author of The Vietnam War The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. America prevailed, but only after fifty years of grim international struggle, costly wars in Korea and Vietnam, trillions of dollars in military spending, and decades of nuclear showdowns. Was all of that necessary? In this new edition of their landmark history, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall engage with recent scholarship on the late Cold War, including the Reagan and Bush administrations and the collapse of the Soviet regime, and expand their discussion of the nuclear revolution and origins of the Vietnam War. Yet they maintain their original argument: that America’s response to a very real Soviet threat gave rise to a military and political system in Washington that is addicted to insecurity and the endless pursuit of enemies to destroy. America’s Cold War speaks vividly to debates about forever wars and threat inflation at the center of American politics today.
Author | : Sarah Burns |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2019-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780700628735 |
ISBN-13 | : 0700628738 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
The Constitution of the United States divides war powers between the executive and legislative branches to guard against ill-advised or unnecessary military action. This division of powers compels both branches to hold each other accountable and work in tandem. And yet, since the Cold War, congressional ambition has waned on this front. Even when Congress does provide initial authorization for larger operations, they do not provide strict parameters or clear end dates. As a result, one president after another has initiated and carried out poorly developed and poorly executed military policy. The Politics of War Powers offers a measured, deeply informed look at how the American constitutional system broke down, how it impacts decision-making today, and how we might find our way out of this unhealthy power division. Sarah Burns starts with a nuanced account of the theoretical and historical development of war powers in the United States. Where discussions of presidential power often lean on the concept of the Lockean Prerogative, Burns locates a more constructive source in Montesquieu. Unlike Locke, Montesquieu combines universal normative prescriptions with an emphasis on tailoring the structure to the unique needs of a society. In doing so, the separation of powers can be customized while maintaining the moderation needed to create a healthy institutional balance. He demonstrates the importance of forcing the branches into dialogue, putting them, as he says, “in a position to resist” each other. Burns’s conclusion—after tracing changes through Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration, the Cold War, and the War on Terror—is that presidents now command a dangerous degree of unilateral power. Burns’s work ranges across Montesquieu’s theory, the debate over the creation of the Constitution, historical precedent, and the current crisis. Through her analysis, both a fuller picture of the alterations to the constitutional system and ideas on how to address the resulting imbalance of power emerge.
Author | : Kurt Taylor Gaubatz |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780804745512 |
ISBN-13 | : 080474551X |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
A systematic study of the significant influence that domestic political competition can have on the international conflict behavior of states.