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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Peter Feaver proposes an ambitious new theory of civil-military relations in which the civil-military connection is best conceived as a principal-agent relationship, with the civilian executive directing and monitoring the actions of military agents, the "armed servants" of the nation-state. Military obedience is not automatic. It depends on the calculations of both parties, which determine whether the connection will be tight or loose." "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12708265.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Peter Feaver proposes an ambitious new theory of civil-military relations in which the civil-military connection is best conceived as a principal-agent relationship, with the civilian executive directing and monitoring the actions of military agents, the "armed servants" of the nation-state. Military obedience is not automatic. It depends on the calculations of both parties, which determine whether the connection will be tight or loose."".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Huntington's Cold War Puzzle -- 3. The Informal Agency Theory -- 4. A Formal Agency Model of Civil-Military Relations -- 5. An Agency Theory Solution to the Cold War Puzzle -- 6. Explaining the Post-Cold War "Crisis," 1990-2000 -- 7. Using Agency Theory to Explore the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War Era -- 8. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "As Feaver argues, agency theory offers the best foundation for thinking about relations between military and civilian leaders."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-369) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 381 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Armed servants.".
- catalog identifier "0674010515".
- catalog isFormatOf "Armed servants.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Armed servants.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "322/.5/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Civil supremacy over the military United States.".
- catalog subject "Civil-military relations United States.".
- catalog subject "JK330 .F43 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Huntington's Cold War Puzzle -- 3. The Informal Agency Theory -- 4. A Formal Agency Model of Civil-Military Relations -- 5. An Agency Theory Solution to the Cold War Puzzle -- 6. Explaining the Post-Cold War "Crisis," 1990-2000 -- 7. Using Agency Theory to Explore the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War Era -- 8. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Armed servants : agency, oversight, and civil-military relations / Peter D. Feaver.".
- catalog type "text".