Civil-Military Relations in War College Curricula
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2340189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Hicks Stiehm (434 24th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90402, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-294 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Armed Forces & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095327x0102700206 |
| OpenAlex | W2084896846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article accepts the norms related to civil-military relations that Don Snider et al. propose in this special issue as being the appropriate norms for professional military officers. It then reviews the curricula of the six war colleges to see what they are currently teaching about civil-military relations and about civilian society. Next, it examines the views about those relations that war college students report themselves as actually holding. Some of these, i.e., findings related to officers' views about not obeying directives they believe 'unethical but legal' and their willingness to obey 'unwise' commands may seem to contradict the norm of civilian control. Others that are related to officer responsibility to 'advocate' and to 'insist' on some policy matters also seem to contradict these norms. The article concludes with some recommendations for curriculum revision
Civil–military relations · Curriculum · Norm (philosophy) · Officer · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy · Military, Security, and Education Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |