Alan Tidwell
(Canberra, Australia: Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific, 2016).
"This paper addresses the question of how politics, especially in the US Congress, shapes US strategic policy, particularly towards Asia. Asia Pacific countries can use the political environment to influence American strategy. The US Pivot to Asia unfolds against the backdrop of a deeply divided Congress, not given to passing much legislation. Levers available to influence US Asian security strategy are few but important. Refining and sharpening those levers will figure prominently in Australia’s continued success in the American capital."
Civil-Military Relations: Professional Foundations for Senior Leaders
Ethics 2010 | Panel Discussion: Professionalism and Military Subordination to Civilian Authority
Ethics 2015 | Panel Discussion: The State of Civil and Military Relations
Texas National Security Review (February 20, 2018).
“We asked some leading academics to discuss the need to branch out beyond the university to reach both policymakers and the public.”
1. Introduction: How Do We Bridge the Gap?, by James Goldgeier
2. On Policy Engagement and Academia: 5 Approaches to Bridging the Gap, by Joshua Busby
3. Bridging the Gap between Academia and the Public, by Sarah B. Snyder
4. Making Academic Work Relevant to Policymakers, by Monica Duffy Toft
"War Room" podcast, Jennifer Mittelstadt and Jacqueline E. Whitt
August 10, 2018, streaming audio, 26:36.
"As a follow-up to her WAR ROOM article on professional military education, former Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History Dr. Jennifer Mittelstadt reflects on her one-year tour at the U.S. Army War College. As a lifelong civilian with no experience serving in the military, she noted many cultural differences that highlight a growing gap between military members and civilians in their approaches to education, work, and life. Many service members may take for granted the way things are done on and off post, but others may find them very challenging. She is joined by WAR ROOM Podcast Editor Jacqueline E. Whitt, also a military historian who is not a former service member."
Military-Civil Relations: Books
Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military by Jim Mattis and Kori N. Schake (Eds.)
Texas National Security Review (March 27, 2018).
"Given the number of current and former generals who have been appointed to the Trump administration, TNSR asked a group of experts to share their thoughts on the impact this is having on civil-military relations in America."
1. Introduction, Celeste Ward Gventer
2. Trump's Generals: Mattis, McMaster, and Kelly, by Jessica Blankshain
3. An Effect Rather Than a Cause for Concern: The State of Civil-Military Relations in the Trump Administration, by Raphael S. Cohen
4. Civil-Military Relations One Year In, by Lindsay P. Cohn
5. Trump and His Generals: An Unfolding Crisis in Civil-Military Relations, by Paul Eaton
6. The Lack of Diverse Viewpoints on Trump's National Security Team and its Long-Term Consequences, by Lauren Fish
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"Becoming Sparta" / "Breathing the Fire" by Kimberly Dozier
"Writer Kimberly Dozier noticed a serious disconnect between Soldiers returning home from the front lines and the civilians receiving them. She saw people distance themselves from Soldiers with the generic phrase 'thank you for your service,' and could not ignore the increased labeling of servicemen and women as 'walking PTSD time bombs.' Though she is a civilian, Dozier identifies with this issue more than most noncombatants: as a CBS News correspondent in 2006, a vehicle on location in Iraq hit an IED while carrying Dozier, her reporting team, and her interviewee, U.S. Army officer Captain James Funkhouser. Her CBS colleagues and Capt. Funkhouser were killed, while Dozier was seriously wounded. Dozier used her recovery process to educate the public about Soldiers’ resiliency post-trauma in her 2011 memoir 'Breathing Fire: Fighting to Survive and Get Back to the Fight.' Dozier offers perspective on recovery for military personnel, many of whom helped her heal while facing their own struggles."
Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Survive, and Get Back to the Fight by Kimberly Dozier
Call Number: Root Hall DS79.766.D695 D695 2011
Revised and updated edition
(East Petersburg, PA: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2011).
Breathing the Fire by Kimberly Dozier
Call Number: Ridgway Hall DS79.767.P74 D69 2008
First Edition
(Des Moines, IA: Meredith Books, 2008).
Military-Civil Relations: Strategy Research Projects
Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military by