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Maintaining the Balance in Civil-Military Relations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1999

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Footnotes

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The views and opinions expressed in this essay are those of the author alone and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Government or any of its components.

References

1 Kohn, Richard H., Out of Control: The Crisis in Civil-Military Relations, Nat’l Interest, Spring 1994, at 10 Google Scholar.

2 Dunlap, Charles J. Jr., Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012, Parameters, Winter 1992-1993, at 2 Google Scholar.

3 H.R. McMaster, Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam (1997).

4 Parker v. Levy, 417 U.S. 733, 743 (1974).

5 Ricks, Thomas E., The Widening Gap between the Military and Society, Atlantic Monthly, July 1997, at 66 Google Scholar.

6 For a complete discussion of Dr. Holsti’s findings, see Ole R. Holsti, A Widening Gap Between the Military and Civilian Society? Some Evidence 1976-1996 (Project on Civil-Military Relations, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, Working Paper No. 13, 1997).

7 John Hillen, The Gap between American Society and Its Military: Keep It, Defend It, Manage It. (Apr. 1998) (unpublished paper, on file with author). More information on the study can be found at http://www.unc.edu/depts/tiss/civmil.htm, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies Project on the Gap Between the Military and Civilian Society.