Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy by Friend, Alice Hunt

Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy

The civilian role in managing the military has never been more important. Today, civilian leadership of defense...
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Author: Alice Hunt Friend
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Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy by Friend, Alice Hunt

Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy

$251.05

Mightier Than the Sword: Civilian Control of the Military and the Revitalization of Democracy

$251.05
Author: Alice Hunt Friend
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The civilian role in managing the military has never been more important. Today, civilian leadership of defense policy is challenged by the blurring line between war and competition and the speed of machine decision-making on the battlefield. Moreover, the legitimacy of political leaders and civil servants has been undermined by a succession of foreign policy failures and by imbalances of public faith in the military on the one hand and disapproval of civilian institutions on the other. A central question emerges: What does appropriate and effective civilian control of the military look like?

Combining scholarly expertise and firsthand civilian experience in the Department of Defense, Friend argues that civilians combine authoritative status, institutional functions, and political expertise to ensure that democratic preferences over the use of force prevail. Friend focuses on the ways political context shapes whether and how civilian controllers--the civilians in professional and institutional positions with the responsibility for defense matters--exercise control over the military and each other. Mightier Than the Sword provides insights that enrich civil-military relations scholarship, as well as lessons aimed at revitalizing American democracy.



Author: Alice Hunt Friend
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9781503629189


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2024

About the Author
Alice Hunt Friend is a national security policy expert and a former civilian in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and American University.

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