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Changing Military Doctrine Presidents and Military Power in Fifth Republic France, 1958-2000

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Sten Rynning

ISBN: 0-275-97286-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97286-8

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256 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 10/30/2001

List Price: $102.95 (UK Sterling Price: £71.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: As Rynning shows, armed forces have a natural interest in shaping military doctrine according to their resources, doctrinal traditions, as well as their assessment of the international environment. However, armed forces are also the instrument of policy-makers who are in charge of national security. Using civil-military relations in France from 1958 to the present as a case study, he shows when policy-makers are capable of controlling military doctrine as well as the means armed forces rely on to influence doctrine.

Some scholars argue that policy-makers can control military doctrine only when the international environment is threatening--a situation granting them added decision-making authority. Others argue that such control ultimately depends on the degree of domestic political disagreement/consensus. With access to most of the leading military personnel and policy-makers of the era, Rynning provides an analysis that will be instructive to scholars as well as policy-makers and military leaders concerned with contemporary civil-military relations.

Table of Contents:

Preface
International Power, Politics, and Military Doctrine
From Clash to Innovation
Political Boomerang
Engineering a Coalition for Change
From Crisis to Innovation
Conclusion
Index

About the Author: STEN RYNNING is a Research Fellow with the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, a Lecturer with the Institute of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, and a Research Fellow with the NATO Europe-Atlantic Partnership Council./e Dr. Rynning has published extensively in scholarly journals.

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