Modern U.S. Civil-Military Relations Wielding the Terrible Swift Sword

Johnson argues that the demands placed by military officers of the Dayton agreement reflect a steady increase in the influence of military officers in drafting defense policy, rather than the recognition of any lessons learned in Somalia or Haiti. Furthermore, this increased authority of the military -- & the resultant deterioration in civil-military relations -- is largely the result of the lessons drawn by the military from the American experience in Vietnam. And the essential lesson of Vietnam was that only professional military officers can formulate the fundamental principles governing the application of American military power, or military doctrine.Johnson, David E. is the author of 'Modern U.S. Civil-Military Relations Wielding the Terrible Swift Sword' with ISBN 9780788183898 and ISBN 0788183893.