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US Defense Politics The Origins of Security Policy

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ISBN-10: 0415661153

ISBN-13: 9780415661157

Edition: 2nd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Harvey M. Sapolsky, Eugene Gholz, Caitlin Talmadge

List price: $26.99
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This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, with a new chapter on intelligence and new material on unmanned drones, women in the military, the Tea Party, and other key issues. Analyzing the ways in which the United States prepares for war, the authors demonstrate how political and organizational interests determine US defense policy and warn against over-emphasis on planning, centralization, and technocracy. Emphasizing the process of defense policy-making rather than just the outcomes of that process, US Defense Politics departs from the traditional style of many existing textbooks.…    
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Book details

List price: $26.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Peter Dombrowski is professor and chair of the Strategic Research Department at the Naval War College in Rhode Island. He is the author of more than thirty journal articles, monographs, book chapters, and governmental reports in the fields of international relations, international political economy, and national security.Eugene Gholz is an assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin. He is an expert on the aerospace and defense industries and studies innovation, business-government relations, defense management, and US foreign military policy.

Enduring Questions, Changing Politics
America's Security Strategy
Organizing for Defense
Managing Defense
Who Fights?
Service Politics
The Political Economy of Defense
The Weapons Acquisition Process
Congress, Special Interests and Presidents
Gaining Intelligence
Homeland Security
Preparing for the Next War