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050 4 $aE169.12$b.S653 2008
100 1 $aSnider, Don M.,$d1940-
245 10 $aDissent and strategic leadership of the military professions /$cDon M. Snider.
260 $aCarlisle, PA :$bStrategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,$c[2008]
300 $aviii, 38 p. ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"February 2008."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 32-38).
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Part I: A framework for throught -- Part II: What are the characteristics of military professions and their ethic of trust; what are the factors within dissent that can strengthen or weaken critical trust relationships? -- Part III: Conclusions - Should there be further limitations on military dissent by the strategic leaders of Americ'as military professions, particularly those in retired status, or is the current ethic, which strongly discourages such acts, still sufficient?
530 $aFull text also available on the SSI website.
520 $aOne of the central difficulties to a right understanding of American civil-military relations is the nature of the U.S. military. Are our armed forces just obedient bureaucracies like most of the Executive branch, or are they vocational professions granted significant autonomy and a unique role in these relationships because of their expert knowledge and their expertise to apply it in the defense of America? To large measure, the answer to this question should determine the behavior of the strategic leaders of these professions, including the uncommon behavior of public dissent. Using the "Revolt of the Generals" in 2006 as stimulus, the author develops from the study of military professions the critical trust relationships that should have informed their individual decisions to dissent. After doing so, he makes recommendations for the restoration of the professions' ethic in this critical area of behavior by the senior officers who are the professions' strategic leaders.
650 0 $aDissenters$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCivil-military relations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMilitary ethics$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xOfficers$xPolitical activity.
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute.
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