Samuel
Huntington
Huntington
This book was so controversial that it caused Samuel Huntington to be denied tenure at Harvard (initially)
What is The Soldier and the State?
The achievement of objective civilian control of the military has been rare and only possible since the emergence of this profession
What is the military?
This author distinguished between subjective and objective civilian control of the military
Who is Samuel Huntington?
This military officer's resignation would be considered unacceptable by Huntington because he would see it as a political act
Who is Lt Col Scheller?
This is when a joke becomes a Dad joke
What is "when it becomes apparent"?
The tension between the Soviet Union and the United States that necessitated that the US maintain a standing army
What is the Cold War?
This professional's central skill is "the management of violence" (versus a specialist in the application of violence)
What is a military officer?
This author challenges the "normal theory" of civil-military relations
Who is Eliot Cohen?
This military officer, following Huntington, refused to resign when civilian leaders did not follow his advice with regard to US policy in Afghanistan
Who is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley?
This is the difference between a duck and a co-pilot
What is "a duck knows how to fly"?
Huntington wrote The Soldier and the State in part to try to reassure Americans that this was not a threat to liberty
What is a standing army?
The first component of Huntington's professionalism, in which a person has specialized knowledge in a significant field of human endeavor
What is expertise?
Seeks to maximize the power of some particular civilian group or groups (i.e. power of Parliament versus the King) by minimizing the power of the military
What is subjective civilian control?
This one of "Trump's generals" was considered by Jessica Blankshain to represent a potential danger to over-militarizing US foreign policy (i.e. not necessarily using the military more often but when it is used bringing decisive force)
This is when you know that you are half-way through a conversation with a (fighter) pilot
What is, when the pilot says "enough about me, let me tell you about my airplane"?
This imperative stems from threats to a society's security
What is the functional imperative?
The second component of Huntington's professionalism, in which a person performs a service which is essential to the functioning of society and is not primarily driven by financial gain
What is responsibility (to society)?
This theory of civilian control seeks to maximize military professionalism and is the antithesis of military participation in politics
What is objective civilian control of the military?
This author follows the strong norm in American history and leaves no room for public dissent or resignation by a military officer because he sees such actions as political acts and inherently unprofessional
Who is Samuel Huntington?
What is "sorry, you can't do both"?
This imperative arises from social forces, ideologies, and institutions dominant within a society (values)
What is the societal imperative?
The third component of Huntington's professionalism, in which members of a profession share a sense of organic unity and consciousness of themselves as a group apart from laymen
What is corporateness?
This theory of civil-military relations argues that tension between civilian and military leaders is normal and that political leaders (civilians) are ultimately responsible and can and should interfere in military operations and decisions
What is unequal dialogue?
This author mostly agrees with Huntington that public dissent and resignation are not permissible for military officers but leaves a small space for resignation due to an officer having professional discretion
Who is Don Snider?
This is what a lion and a witch said to someone when they asked why they were carrying a wardrobe down the street
What is "Narnia your business"?