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A Military Straining Against Civilian Control?

February 24, 2020
A Military Straining Against Civilian Control?
A Military Straining Against Civilian Control?

A Military Straining Against Civilian Control?

Nora Bensahel, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Mara Karlin, Paula Thornhill, and Ryan Evans

In front of a live audience and with red wine in hand, the War on the Rocks podcast closed out an important conference on civil-military affairs hosted by the Strategic Studies shop over at the School of Advanced International Studies. The guests of this awesome episode include Mara Karlin, Paula Thornhill, Loren DeJonge Schulman, and Nora Bensahel.

 

 

Further Reading and Watching:

Watch the conference

Paula Thornhill, Demystifying the American Military: Institutions Evolution and Challenges Since 1789 (Naval Institute Press, 2019)

David Barno and Nora Bensahel, Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime (Oxford University Press, 2020)

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