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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 342.73 EAN: 9780674817364 ISBN: 0674817362 Label: Belknap Press Manufacturer: Belknap Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 560 Publication Date: August 12, 2008 Publisher: Belknap Press Studio: Belknap Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A quintessence of political administrationSamuel Huntington's writings have always been incisive and animated by a spirit of the author's stupendous labor and a burning desire to project a true perspective of topics. The Soldier and the State is no exception. Every human society and for that matter every human civilization have evolved round this single issue of striking a balance between the civilian and the miltary sector and hence the debate rages round key political thoughts like liberalism and realism. This age old riddle ... Read More Rating: - Needed for Military ResearchFor anyone interested in military research, this is a must have ... or must have access to. This book (as well as Janowitz: Professional Soldier) continues to be heavily referenced in the literature. It is definately a theory based book - not an easy read at times. Rating:  - Now that we are this book, here's what I say:Everything is bad news if it comes with a deadline that isn't met. This book, THE SOLDIER AND THE STATE: THE THEORY AND POLITICS OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS by Samuel P. Huntington, a young Harvard professor in 1957, when the book first appeared, attempted to establish assumptions that would allow respectable consideration of policies that, in our world, might be used to define who we have become. My differences with this book might be ascribed to a theological framework in which this book is seen ... Read More Rating: - The best book ever written on civil-military relationsAt the time of its original publication in 1957, Samuel Huntington's The Soldier and the State reflected a new age in American history--the Cold War era. Huntington, a young Harvard professor of government, focused on policy problems concerning civilian direction of the military under the terms of the Cold War. Basically, he contended that traditional American liberalism was outdated and in fact had begun to pose a national security danger. Until this era, the absence of an overt military threat to ... Read More Rating: - Seminal Treatise on the role of the Military in societyIncisive and remarkably relevant. Huntington delves into the role of the military in shaping and protecting a society. A MUST read for anyone who is in, or deals with the military. 
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