Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military

by Jim Mattis (Editor), Kori N. Schake (Editor)

Overview

A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a “gap”—and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those gaps between civilian and military attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the professionalism of our military, determine which if any of these gaps are problematic for sustaining the traditionally strong bonds between the American military and its broader public, analyze whether any problematic gaps are amenable to remediation by policy means, and assess potential solutions. The contributors also explore public disengagement and the effect of high levels of public support for the military combined with very low levels of trust in elected political leaders—both recurring themes in their research. And they reflect on whether American society is becoming so divorced from the requirements for success on the battlefield that not only will we fail to comprehend our military, but we also will be unwilling to endure a military so constituted to protect us. Contributors: Rosa Brooks, Matthew Colford,Thomas Donnelly, Peter Feaver, Jim Golby, Jim Hake, Tod Lindberg, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Cody Poplin, Nadia Schadlow, A. J. Sugarman, Lindsay Cohn Warrior, Benjamin Wittes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817919344
Publisher:	Hoover Institution Press
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	146,219
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

General Jim Mattis, the Davies Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, is an expert on national security issues, especially strategy, innovation, the effective use of military force, and the Middle East. He heads a project on the gap between civil and military perspectives and is writing a book on leadership. During the 2008 presidential election, Kori N Schake was senior policy adviser to the McCain-Palin campaign, responsible for policy development and outreach in the areas of foreign and defense policy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

1 A Great Divergence? Kori Schake Jim Mattis 1

2 Civil-Military Paradoxes Rosa Brooks 21

3 Is Civilian Control of the Military Still an Issue? Mackuhin Thomas Owens 69

4 Thanks for Your Service: Civilian and Veteran Attitudes after Fifteen Years of War Jim Golby Lindsay P. Cohn Peter D. Feaver 97

5 Public Opinion, Military Justice, and the Fight against Terrorism Overseas Benjamin Wittes Cody Poplin 143

6 Public Opinion and the Making of Wartime Strategies Nadia Schadlow 161

7 Testing the "Flournoy Hypothesis": Civil-Military Relations in the Post-9/11 Era Thomas Donnelly 189

8 The "Very Liberal" View of the US Military Tod Lindberg 219

9 Young Person's Game: Connecting with Millennials Matthew Colford Alec J. Sugarman 245

10 A Model for Connecting Civilians and the Military Jim Hake 265

11 Ensuring a Civil-Military Connection Kori Schake Jim Mattis 287

Contributors 327

Index 333