Clausewitz and Subjective Civilian Control
An Analysis of Clausewitz’s Views on the Role of the Military Advisor in the Development of National Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2340980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Binkley (University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, USA), John C Binkley (0000-0003-2704-3249, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 251-275 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0095327x15594450 |
| OpenAlex | W2290054528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article focuses on Carl von Clausewitz's ideas regarding civil-military relations and in particular how those ideas relate to Samuel Huntington's models of objective and subjective civilian control. Huntington believed that Clausewitz supplied the foundation for his concept of objective control. Yet an examination of Clausewitz's own experiences, as well as his theoretical writings, rejects the basic tenants of objective control: a politically neutral military, the separation of political from military considerations during the professional officer's analytical processes, and the reliance on the professional military as opposed to the citizen soldier. Instead, Clausewitz embraced something similar to Huntington's concept of subjective control and with it a fusionist model of civil-military relations
Civil–military relations · Control (management) · Economics · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence) · Management · Military science · Military theory · Officer · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Military History and Strategy · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |