SWJED
04-16-2007, 07:59 AM
From Council member MountainRunner on his blog by the same name - Readings on Civil-Military Relations (http://mountainrunner.us/2007/04/readings_on_civilmilitary_rela.html).
The importance of understanding and establishing "proper" civil-military relations can't be understated both at home and in the troubled regions. The relationship between civilian and military leaderships dictates and is dictated by the freedom of the people. This relationship, in a democracy especially, is special and paramount and yet too many do not understand or get it...
Below [at the link] is a brief list of suggested resources to help understand the nature of US civil-military relations...
The importance of understanding and establishing "proper" civil-military relations can't be understated both at home and in the troubled regions. The relationship between civilian and military leaderships dictates and is dictated by the freedom of the people. This relationship, in a democracy especially, is special and paramount and yet too many do not understand or get it...
Below [at the link] is a brief list of suggested resources to help understand the nature of US civil-military relations...