This seminar explores the unique role of the soldier within our democratic republic. We begin by situating the profession of arms within the Executive branch as an agent to its direct principal, the Legislative branch. We proceed by examining the similarities and differences between the military and other agents of the administrative state. We explore the military's role in providing professional expertise in the policy process and examine current trends that threaten to undermine this advisory position. Using a historical framework, we will examine the evolution of civil-military relations in times of war, peace, and perpetual conflict. We will place particular emphasis on the theories and norms of civil-military relations in a post-9/11 world including navigating the tensions inherent to the dual role of the soldier as war fighter and state builder..
Lessons
30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
One major research paper; compensatory time provided.
This seminar explores the unique role of the soldier within our democratic republic. We begin by situating the profession of arms within the Executive branch as an agent to its direct principal, the Legislative branch. We proceed by examining the similarities and differences between the military and other agents of the administrative state. We explore the military?s role in providing professional expertise in the policy process and examine current trends that threaten to undermine this advisory position. Using a historical framework, we will examine the evolution of civil-military relations in times of war, peace, and perpetual conflict. We will place particular emphasis on the theories and norms of civil-military relations in a post-9/11 world including navigating the tensions inherent to the dual role of the soldier as war fighter and state builder..
Lessons
30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
One major research paper; compensatory time provided.
This seminar explores the unique role of the soldier within our democratic republic. We begin by situating the profession of arms within the Executive branch as an agent to its direct principal, the Legislative branch. We proceed by examining the similarities and differences between the military and other agents of the administrative state. We explore the military?s role in providing professional expertise in the policy process and examine current trends that threaten to undermine this advisory position. Using a historical framework, we will examine the evolution of civil-military relations in times of war, peace, and perpetual conflict. We will place particular emphasis on the theories and norms of civil-military relations in a post-9/11 world including navigating the tensions inherent to the dual role of the soldier as war fighter and state builder..
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
One major research paper; compensatory time provided.
Since the Vietnam era, the relations between the American armed forces and the society they serve have been well documented. After the establishment of the All-Volunteer Force, military professionalism strengthened in all of the services, defense organizations did adapt to changing needs despite service parochialism, and the interactions between military leaders and political leaders were generally within the scope of American traditions. Then, during the 1980's, society's demands for remarkable changes in soldier demographics (e.g., women in combat units, gays in the military, etc.) and the sudden end of the Cold War in 1989, caused American civil-military relations to fray and tensions to abound. These tensions have continued right through the events surrounding 9/11 to the present, e.g., to the arguments over the conduct of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the reauthorization of the Patriot Act and the size of the U.S. Army. In this "long war" context, where the missions assigned the Armed Forces are so different from the recent past, where the demands on the professional Army officer and the profession of arms contrast so sharply with those of most in American society, we will use an interdisciplinary approach to sort out the norms for America's current and future Civil-Military Relations.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
One major research paper; compensatory time provided.
During the post-World War II decades, the relations between the American armed forces and the society they served have been well documented. Military professionalism strengthened in all of the services, defense organizations did adapt to changing needs despite service parochialism, and the interactions between military leaders and political leaders were generally well within the scope of American traditions. Then, starting with the Vietnam War and continuing with the end of the draft, the remarkable changes in soldier demographics during the 1980's and the sudden end of the Cold War in 1989, American civil-military relations frayed and tensions abounded. In this post-Cold War context, the roles of the professional Army officer and the Army profession within American society will be examined in an interdisciplinary manner. Particular focus will be given to the Constitutional and sociological foundations of American civil-military relations, the salient tensions post-Cold War, and the evolving role of the Army profession and its commissioned leaders as they serve the Nation in the early years of the 21st Century.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
One major research paper; compensatory time provided.
During the post-World War II decades, the relations between the American armed forces and the society they served have been well documented. Military professionalism strengthened in all of the services, defense organizations did adapt to changing needs despite service parochialism, and the interactions between military leaders and political leaders were generally well within the scope of American traditions. Then, starting with the Vietnam War and continuing with the end of the draft, the remarkable changes in soldier demographics during the 1980's and the sudden end of the Cold War in 1989, American civil-military relations frayed and tensions abounded. In this post-Cold War context, the roles of the professional Army officer and the profession of arms within American society will be examined in an interdisciplinary manner. Particular focus will be given to the tensions in civil-military relations apparent during the two Clinton administrations - racial and sexual integration of the armed forces, use of military force in foreign interventions, conduct of peace operations, and change in traditional military culture.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
One major research paper; compensatory time provided.
