Us Defense Politics: The Origins of Security Policy

by Harvey M Sapolsky, Eugene Gholz, Caitlin Talmadge

This book provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been updated and revised, with new material on the Trump Administration and Space Force.

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. Focusing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367431904
• ISBN13: 9780367431907
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.8"