Gibson, Christopher P.

Securing the state: reforming the national security decisionmaking process at the civil-military nexus/ Christopher P. Gibson. - Aldershot, England ; Ashgate, 2008. - 162 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The civil-military dynamic : a relationship adrift -- Excesses and over-corrections in US civil-military relations since the Second World War and the return of Donald Rumsfeld in 2001 -- The search for role models -- Normative theory in civil-military relations during the Cold War : the objective control and subjective control models -- The search for new normative theory in the Post-Cold War Era -- A Madisonian approach for civil-military relations.

9780754672906 (alk. paper)


Civil-military relations--United States.
Civil supremacy over the military--United States.
Government consultants--United States.
Military policy--Decision making.


United States--Armed Forces--Management.
United States--Politics and government

322.50973 / GIB/S