PSCI 3603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: News, Stanley A. Mcchrystal
1 Aug 2016
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What is civil-military relations: relationship between a government, society, and its military. One specific branch that deals with expert problem". Before modern theory: sun tzu, thucydides, and machiavelli all discuss the relationship between a ruler and their military, and the role of the general. Clausewitz: primacy of politics war is the continuation of politics by other means , the social trinity government-people-military. A resurgence of interest: following the end of wwi. Why do we still care: officers as increasingly politically influential = the expert problem", reflections of social issues in the military, current events. The runaway general: the us falls under the theoretical realm of democratic cmr. Two original camps: huntington"s objective control and janowitz". Current theory recognizes the necessity of communication and interplay between the government and the military, but stops short of a political role for the military.
