Choosing Your Battles : : American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force / / Christopher Gelpi, Peter D. Feaver.
America's debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military camps. Top military officials appeared reluctant to use force, the most hawkish voices in government were civilians who had not served in uniform, and everyone was worried that the American public would...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | With a New afterword by the authors |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 11 line illus. 31 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Chapter One. Introduction
- Chapter Two. The Civil-Military Opinion Gap Over the Use of Force
- Chapter Three. The Impact of Elite Veterans on American Decisions to Use Force
- Chapter Four. Casualty Sensitivity and Civil-Military Relations
- Chapter Five. Exploring the Determinants of Casualty Sensitivity
- Chapter Six. Conclusion
- References
- Afterword
- Name Index
- Subject Index