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Thanks for Your Service

The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military

By: Peter D. Feaver

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Thanks for Your Service

The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military

By: Peter D. Feaver

A definitive study on the decades-long run of high public confidence in the military and why it may rest on some shaky foundations. What explains the high levels of public confidence in the US military and does high confidence matter? In Thanks for Your Service, the eminent civil-military relations scholar Peter D. Feaver addresses this question and focuses on what it means for the military. Proprietary survey data show that confidence is partly based on public beliefs about the military's high competence, adherence to high professional ethics, and a determination to stand apart from the bitter divisions of partisan politics. However, as Feaver argues, confidence is also shaped by a partisan gap and by social desirability bias, the idea that some individuals express confidence in the military because they believe that is the socially approved attitude to hold. Not only does Feaver help us understand how and why the public has confidence in the military, but he also exposes problems that policymakers need to be aware of. Specifically, this book traces how confidence in the institution shapes public attitudes on the use of force and may not always reinforce best practices in democratic civil-military relations.

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Oxford University Press

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019768114X

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Choosing Your Battles

American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force

By: Peter D. Feaver,Christopher Gelpi

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Choosing Your Battles

American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force

By: Peter D. Feaver,Christopher Gelpi

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 not tolerate casualties in war. This book shows that this civilian-military argument--which has characterized earlier debates over Bosnia, Somalia, and Kosovo--is typical, not exceptional. Indeed, the underlying pattern has shaped U.S. foreign policy at least since 1816. The new afterword by Peter Feaver and Christopher Gelpi traces these themes through the first two years of the current Iraq war, showing how civil-military debates and concerns about sensitivity to casualties continue to shape American foreign policy in profound ways.

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Princeton University Press

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1400841453

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9781400841455

Armed Servants

Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

By: Peter Feaver

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Armed Servants

Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

By: Peter Feaver

How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book, Peter Feaver proposes an ambitious new theory that treats civil-military relations as a principal-agent relationship, with the civilian executive monitoring the actions of military agents, the armed servants of the nation-state. Military obedience is not automatic but depends on strategic calculations of whether civilians will catch and punish misbehavior. This model challenges Samuel Huntington's professionalism-based model of civil-military relations, and provides an innovative way of making sense of the U.S. Cold War and post-Cold War experience--especially the distinctively stormy civil-military relations of the Clinton era. In the decade after the Cold War ended, civilians and the military had a variety of run-ins over whether and how to use military force. These episodes, as interpreted by agency theory, contradict the conventional wisdom that civil-military relations matter only if there is risk of a coup. On the contrary, military professionalism does not by itself ensure unchallenged civilian authority. As Feaver argues, agency theory offers the best foundation for thinking about relations between military and civilian leaders, now and in the future.

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Harvard University Press

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0674036778

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9780674036772

Military Realism

The Logic and Limits of Force and Innovation in the U.S. Army

By: Peter Campbell

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Military Realism

The Logic and Limits of Force and Innovation in the U.S. Army

By: Peter Campbell

After the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army considered counterinsurgency (COIN) a mistake to be avoided. Many found it surprising, then, when setbacks in recent conflicts led the same army to adopt a COIN doctrine. Scholarly debates have primarily employed existing theories of military bureaucracy or culture to explain the army’s re-embrace of COIN, but Peter Campbell advances a unique argument centering on military realism to explain the complex evolution of army doctrinal thinking from 1960 to 2008. In five case studies of U.S. Army doctrine, Campbell pits military realism against bureaucratic and cultural perspectives in three key areas—nuclear versus conventional warfare, preferences for offense versus defense, and COIN missions—and finds that the army has been more doctrinally flexible than those perspectives would predict. He demonstrates that decision makers, while vowing in the wake of Vietnam to avoid (COIN) missions, nonetheless found themselves adapting to the geopolitical realities of fighting “low intensity” conflicts. In essence, he demonstrates that pragmatism has won out over dogmatism. At a time when American policymakers remain similarly conflicted about future defense strategies, Campbell’s work will undoubtedly shape and guide the debate.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826274269

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9780826274267

Armed Servants

Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

By: Peter Feaver

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Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

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Paying the Human Costs of War

American Public Opinion and Casualties in Military Conflicts

By: Christopher Gelpi,Peter D. Feaver,Jason Reifler

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Paying the Human Costs of War

American Public Opinion and Casualties in Military Conflicts

By: Christopher Gelpi,Peter D. Feaver,Jason Reifler

The book finds that the most important consideration for the public is the expectation of success. If the public believes that a mission will succeed, the public will support it even if the costs are high. When the public does not expect the mission to succeed, even small costs will cause the withdrawal of support. Providing a wealth of new evidence about American attitudes toward military conflict, Paying the Human Costs of War offers insights into a controversial, timely, and ongoing national discussion.

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Princeton University Press

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0691139083

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9780691139081

Battlefield Nuclear Weapons

Issues and Options

By: Stephen D. Biddle,Peter Feaver

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Battlefield Nuclear Weapons

Issues and Options

By: Stephen D. Biddle,Peter Feaver

Battlefield nuclear weapons (BNW) have become a major Alliance concern. In the wake of the INF Treaty, the superpower summit at Reykjavik, and the proposals of Mikhail Gorbachev, NATO is reevaluating nearly every aspect of its defense posture. This book is designed to contribute to that reevaluation by analyzing what deterrent value BNW have, and whether they offer the military capability necessary to offset the potential damage to Alliance cohesion. To help sort out answers to these questions, CSIA held a conference on BNW, organized by fellows Stephen Biddle and Peter Feaver. This paper, in presenting the results of that conference, has three purposes: to introduce the issues raised by BNW in the post-INF era, to present a survey of the specialist debate, and to analyze the disagreements underlying the debate. Co-published with Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.

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University Press of America

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0819176044

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Thanks for Your Service

The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military

By: Peter D. Feaver

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The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military

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The Essential Sociologist

An Introduction

By: Beth B. Hess,Peter J. Stein,Susan A. Farrell

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The Essential Sociologist

An Introduction

By: Beth B. Hess,Peter J. Stein,Susan A. Farrell

Combines pedagogy with the developments in sociological research and orientations in the field of sociology. This book offers material for exploring the social diversity of the world - from small, traditional societies to large, developing, and industrialized societies. It is useful for instructors and students.

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Roxbury Publishing Company

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1891487493

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Book's by Peter D. Feaver

Thanks for Your Service

Thanks for Your Service

Choosing Your Battles

Choosing Your Battles

Armed Servants

Armed Servants

Military Realism

Military Realism

Armed Servants

Armed Servants

Paying the Human Costs of War

Paying the Human Costs of War

Battlefield Nuclear Weapons

Battlefield Nuclear Weapons

Thanks for Your Service

Thanks for Your Service

The Essential Sociologist

The Essential Sociologist

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