Essays on the emerging military-civilian divide in the United States.

What is the potential for a divergence in views among civilian and military elites (sometimes referred to as the civil-military gap) to undermine military effec

During the 1990s, many observers expressed concerns about the state of civilian-military relations in the United States. Although the expression of these concer

A thorough survey of the key issues that surround the relations between the military and its civilian control in the US today.

A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "g