The Pentagon and the Presidency: Civil-Military Relations from FDR to George W. Bush

by Dale R. Herspring

Book Overview

While presidents have always kept a watchful eye on the military, our generals have been equally vigilant in assessing the commander-in-chief. Their views, however, have been relatively neglected in the literature on civil-military relations. By taking us inside the military's mind in this matter, Dale Herspring's new book provides a path-breaking, utterly candid, and much-needed reassessment of a key relationship in American government and foreign...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700613552
• ISBN13: 9780700613557
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.5"