Military Politics : New Perspectives

Bringing together new research by leading scholars, this volume rethinks the role played by militaries in politics. It introduces new theories of military politics, arguing against the inherited theories and practices of civil-military relations, and presents rich new data on senior officership and on the intersection of military politics and military operations. As the first volume in Berghahn Books’ Military Politics series, it provides a blueprint for a new research paradigm dedicated to tracing how militaries shape their political environments, focusing particularly on the core democratic questions raised by politically-effective (and ineffective) militaries. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Breach, Neglect, Guidance Part I. New Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 1. What Is Military Politics? Chapter 2. Rethinking Clausewitz’s Chameleon Part II. New Perspectives on Senior Officership Chapter 3. Military Contrarianism Chapter 4. Embedded in Politics Chapter 5. Civil-Military Challenges and the Militia Chapter 6. Strategic Civil-Military Relations: Tomorrow’s Generals’ Views on Dissent, Disobedience, and Principled Resignation Part III. Military Politics and Military Operations Chapter 7. Military Politics on the Battlefield Chapter 8. Begging Permission, Asking Forgiveness Chapter 9. Judges on the Battlefield? Chapter 10. Small Powers’ Civil-Military Relations Conclusion. Military Politics as Research Program Index