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In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for American national policy, Huntington has performed the distinctive task of developing a general theory of civil–military relations and subjecting it to rigorous historical analysis.
"The problems of civil military relations is of critical importance in American affairs.... Huntington establishes his basic propositions formulates his theoretical framework, and analyzes historical and contemporary developments in the united states and abroad with skill and insight .The clarity and precision with which the book moves forward make it a delight to read." 

In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for American national policy, Huntington has performed the distinctive task of developing a general theory of civil–military relations and subjecting it to rigorous historical analysis. - from Amzon 

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: National Security and Civil-Military Relations…..P 1
PART 1
1. Officer ship as a profession……………………………………………………..P 7
PROFESSIONALISM AND IN MILITARY
THE CONCEPT OF PROFESSION
THE MILITARY PROFESSION
2. The Rise of Military Profession in Western Society………………..P 19
A NEW SOCIAL TYPE
MERCENARY AND ARISTOCRATIC OFFICERSHIP
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ARISTOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
PREPROFESSIONAL IDEALS: THE MILITARY CRAFT AND THE NATURAL GENIUS
THE ORIGINS OF PROFESSSIONALISM
THE EMERGENCE OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 1800-1875
EUROPEAN PROFESSIONALISM: GENERAL UPTON’S SUMMARY, 1875
FORMULATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL ETHIC: THE AUTONOMY AND SUB-ORDINATION OF WAR IN CLAUSEWITZ’S VAM Kriege
3. The Military Mind: Conservative of Realism of Professional
Military Ethic………………………………………………………………………………P 59
THE MEANING OF THE MILITARY MIND
THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY ETHIC
4. Power, Professionalism, Ideology: Civil-Military relations in Theory…..P 80
THE VARIETIES OF CIVILIAN CONTROL.
THE TWO LEVELS OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS.
THE EQUILIBRIUM OF OBJECTIVE CIVILIAN CONTROL.
THE PATTERNS OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATION.
5. Germany and Japan: Civil-Military Relation in Practice……………P 98
THE GERMANY AND JAPANESE PATTERNS.
GERMANY: THE TRAGEDY OF PROFESSIONAL MILITARISM
JAPAN: THE CONTINUITY OF POLITICAL MILIARISM
PART II
MILITARY POWER IN AMERICA: THE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE, 1789-1940
6. The Ideological Constant: The Liberal Social Versus
Military Professionalism…………………………………….…………………..P 143
THE HISTORICAL CONSTANTS OF AMERICAL CIVIL-MILITARY RELATION
THE PREVALENCE OF LIBERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES
THE LIBERAL APPROACH TO MILITARY AFFAIRS
THE MILITARY HERO IN LIBERAL POLITICS
7. The Structural Constant: The Conservative Constitution versus
Civilian Control……………………………………………………………………….P 163
THE CONSTITUTIONAL ABSENCE OF OBJECTIVE CIVILIAN CONTROL
THE FRAMERS AND CIVILIAN CONTROL.
THE MILITIA CLAUSES AND MILITARY FEDERALISM: THE EMPIRE WITHIN AN EMPIRE
THE SEPARATION OF POWER: DUAL CONTROL OVER THE NATIONAL FORCES
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF CLAUSE: THE POLITICAL-MILITARY HIERARCHY
CIVILIAN CONTROL AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
8. The Roots of the American Military Tradition before the Civil War……..P 193
THE THREE STANDS OF AMERICAN MILITARISM
THE FAILURE OF FEDERALISM: HAMILTON’S ABORTIVE PROFESSIONALISM
TECHNICISM
POPULARISM
PROFESSIONALISM
9. The Creation of the American Military Profession………………………………….P 222
THE DOMINANCE OF BUSINESS PACIFISM: INDUSTRIALISM VERSUS MILITARISM
TEARS OF ISOLATION: THE DARK AND THE BRIGHT
THE CREATIVE CORE: SHERMAN, UPTON, LUCE
THE INSTITUTIONLISM OF PROFESSIONALISM
THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY MIND
10. The Failure to the Neo-Hamiltonian Compromise, 1890-1920…………P 270
THE NATURE OF NEO-HAMILTONIANISM
MAHAN AND WOOD: THE TRAGEDY OF THE MILITARY PUBLICIST
THE ABORTIVE IDENTIFICATION WITH SOCIETY, 1918-1925
11. The Constancy of Interwar Civil-Military Relations…………………………..P 289
BUSINESS-REFORM HOSTILITY AND MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM
REFORM LEBARALISM:THE PRAGRATIC USAGES OF MILITARISM
MILITARY INSTITUTION
THE AMERICAN MILITARY ETHIC, 1920-1941
PART III
THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS, 1940-1955
12. World War II: The Alchemy of Power………………………………………………..P 315
CIVIL-MILITARY RELATION IN TOTAL WAR
MILITARY AUTHORITY AND INFLUENCE IN GRAND STRATEGY
THE MILITARY ADJUSTMENT TO WAR TIME POWER
CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN ECONOMIC MOBILAZATION
THE FRUITS OF HARMONY AND ACRIMONY
13. Civil-Military Relations in the Post war Decade………………………………...P 345
THE ALTERNITIVES OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
POSTWAR PERSPECTIVES ON THE CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
MILITARY INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
14. The Political Role of the Joint Chiefs………………………………………………..P 374
POLITICAL ROLES: SUBSTANTIVE AND ADVOCATORY
THE JOINT CHIEFS IN THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION
THE KOREAN WAR: THE GENERALS, THE TROOPS, AND THE PUBLIC
THE JOINT CHIEFS IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION
CONCLUSION

15. The Separation of Powers and Cold War Defense………………………….P 400
THE EMPACT OF THE SEPARATION OF POWERS
THE SEPARATION OF POWERS VERSUS THE SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS
THE SEPARATION OF POWERS VERSUS SEPARATION OF MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM
THE SEPARATION OF POWERS VERSUS SEPARATION OF STRATEGIC MONISM
16. Department of Structure of Civil-Military Relations……………………………P 428
THE ORGANIZATION PROBLEMS OF THE POST WAR DECADE
THE JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF: LEGAL FORM AND POLITICAL REALITY
THE COMPTROLLER: SUPEREGO OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY
THE NEED OF THE OFFICE
17. Toward a new Equilibrium………………………………………………………………….P 456
THE REQUISITE FOR SECURITY
CHANGES IN THE IDEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
CONSERVATISM AND SECURITY
THE WORTH OF THE MILITARY IDEAL