American democracy and military power

Smith, Louis 1905-

American democracy and military power - New York Arno Press 1979 - xv, 370 p. 24 cm. - American military experience .

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

The problem of civil control of the military power -- The american tradition of civil dominance -- The presidency and civil control of the military power -- The presidency and the administration of national defense -- Civil control through departmental management of the armed forces -- Intradepartmental co-ordination and civil control -- Congress and the control of military power -- Congressional committees on the conduct of the war: 1775-1815 ; 1845-1898 ; 1914-1946 -- Military influence in congress -- Congressional organization for its military functions -- Judicial control of the military power -- War emergency and the constitution -- The obsolete role of the states in the restraint of military power -- Democratic control of military power at midcentury : an old problem and new conditions.

Reprint of the 1951 ed. published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago Press, Chicago, in series: Studies in public administration.

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Supremacía de la autoridad civil ---Estados Unidos

JK 558 / S5.1979