TY - BOOK ID - 40633178 TI - Choosing your battles : American civil-military relations and the use of force AU - Feaver, Peter D. AU - Gelpi, Christopher PY - 2004 SN - 0691115842 0691124272 1283310430 1400841453 9786613310439 PB - Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Civil-military relations KW - War and emergency powers KW - Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire KW - Pouvoirs exceptionnels KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:40633178 AB - "The recent American debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military camps. Top military officials appeared reluctant to use force, the most hawkish voices in government were civilians who had not served in uniform, and everyone was worried that the American public would not tolerate casualties in war. This book shows that this civilian-military argument is typical, not exceptional. It characterized earlier debates over Bosnia, Somalia, and Kosovo, and the underlying patterns has shaped U.S. foreign policy at least since 1816. Peter Feaver and Christopher Gelpi explore civilian and military attitudes through opinion surveys of elites (military and civilian) and the general public."--BOOK JACKET. ER -