Wilson Center Experts
Richard H. Kohn
Affiliation:
Professor of History and Peace, War, and Defense, Department of History, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Civil Military Relations: At the Heart of Military History
April 11, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Military historians of the modern era have often neglected the relationship between the armed forces and the state, particularly its effect on outcomes in war and military policy and activity during peacetime. Yet some of the more famous writing on military theory have emphasized the importance of the topic. Military historians of the United States, as the literature reveals, have only now begun to address the subject systematically and in depth. more
Civil Military Relations: At the Heart of Military History
April 11, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Military historians of the modern era have often neglected the relationship between the armed forces and the state, particularly its effect on outcomes in war and military policy and activity during peacetime. Yet some of the more famous writing on military theory have emphasized the importance of the topic. Military historians of the United States, as the literature reveals, have only now begun to address the subject systematically and in depth.