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The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
“In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for… More

The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics. New York, Columbia University Press, 1961.
“Professor Robert Bowie of Harvard, who formerly headed the State Department’s policy planning staff, remarked a year ago that “we just don’t know much about …… More

The New Civil-Military Relations

– Lyons, Gene. "The New Civil-Military Relations." American Political Science Review 55 (March 1961): 53-60.
“Historically the character of civil-military relations in the United States has been dominated by the concept of civilian control of the military. This has largely been a response to… More

Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy." Political Science Quarterly v. 76, n. 4 (1961): 481-502.
“For fifteen years American military policy has been in a state of turmoil and change. As a result, perhaps, stability has ranked high as a goal of military policy. In some respects… More

Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services." The American Political Science Review v. 55, n. 1 (1961): 40-52.
“Conventional wisdom” (to purloin a phrase from Galbraith) holds that interservice competition necessarily undermines economy, efficiency, and effective central control in the military… More

Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel. Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics. New York: Free Press, 1962.
“This book is a useful, if rather uneven, addition to the growing literature of military politics. As the third volume of the International Yearbook of Political Behavior… More

Power, Expertise and the Military Profession

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Power, Expertise and the Military Profession." Daedelus v. 92, n. 4 (1963): 785-807.
Since 1945 the American military profession has been reeling under the impact of not one but two revolutions. The technological revolution has made the management of violence increasingly… More

Political Power: USA/USSR

– Brzezinsky, Zbigniew and Samuel P. Huntington. Political Power: USA/USSR. New York: Viking Press, 1964.
“This is a stimulating study by two creative and productive young political scientists. Professor Brzezinski is the author of several important works on Soviet and Eastern European… More

Political Ideals and the Military Ethic

– Guttman, Allen. "Political Ideals and the Military Ethic." American Scholar 34:2 (Spring 1965): 221-237.
“From the 1770s to the 1960s, from the Committee of Correspondence to S.N.C.C., American political rhetoric has remained remarkably constant. Liberty and equality. Although each… More

The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait

– Janowitz, Morris. The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York: The Free Press, 1971.
“In his social profile of the professional soldier, Janowitz develops the basic distinction between “absolutist” and “pragmatist” approaches. Warfare –… More

After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment

– Huntington, Samuel P. "After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 406 (1973): 1-16.
After World War II, the United States reconstituted its military policy for the third time in its history. A strategy of deterrence was adopted as the military counterpart to a foreign… More

The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
This product of Harvard’s new Program in National Security Studies is an interesting collection of essays which, in contrast to the Blechman volume (above), places comparatively… More

Living with Nuclear Weapons

– Carnesale, Albert, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffman, Samuel P. Huntington, Joseph D. Nye Jr., Scott Sagan, Derek Bok. Living with Nuclear Weapons. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who… More

Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe." International Security v. 8, n. 3 (1983): 32-56.
For a quarter century the slow but continuing trend in NATO strategy – and in thinking about NATO strategy – has been from emphasis on nuclear deterrence to emphasis on… More

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

The Concept of Military Professionalism

– Harries-Jenkins, Gwyn. "The Concept of Military Professionalism." Defense Analysis 6:2 (Jun. 1990): 117-130.
“The publication in 1957 of Huntington’s The Soldier and the State and of Janowitz’s The Professional Soldier 3 years later stimulated considerable interest in the study… More

An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations

– Kohn, Richard, Colin Powell, John Lehman, William Odom, Samuel Huntington, "An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations," The National Interest 36 (Summer 1994): 23-31
“Of all the problems facing the nation, a crisis in civil-military relations is not one of them and things are not out of control. Mr. Kohn lays major responsibility for this… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control

– Feaver, Peter. "The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23:2 (Winter 1996): 149-178.
“The alleged crisis in American civil-military relations has revived a long-standing theoretical debate about the determinants of civilian control. So far, the debate has followed… More

Managing the ‘Expert Problem’ in Civil-Military Relations

– Bland, Douglas. "Managing the 'Expert Problem' in Civil-Military Relations." European Security 8:3 (Autumn 1999): 25-43.
Samuel Huntington once defined ‘the modern problem of civil‐military relations’ as managing the relationship between military experts and civilian ministers. The expert/minister… More

Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

– Feaver, Peter. Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book,… More

Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity

– Huntington, Samuel P. Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war,… More

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroad

– Zakaria, Fareed. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. New York: Norton & Co, 2007.
Translated into twenty languages The Future of Freedom is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics,… More

American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era

– Eds. Nielson, Suzanne and Don Snider. American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
American Civil-Military Relations offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington’s field-defining book, The Soldier and the State.… More

American Civil-military Relations Today: The Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State

– Nielson, Suzanne. "American Civil-military Relations Today: the Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State." International Affairs, 88:2 (Mar. 2012): 369-376.
Fifty-five years after it was first published, Samuel Huntington’s The soldier and the state remains an essential starting point for serious discussions of American civil–military… More

Essays

The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
“In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for… More

The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics. New York, Columbia University Press, 1961.
“Professor Robert Bowie of Harvard, who formerly headed the State Department’s policy planning staff, remarked a year ago that “we just don’t know much about …… More

The New Civil-Military Relations

– Lyons, Gene. "The New Civil-Military Relations." American Political Science Review 55 (March 1961): 53-60.
“Historically the character of civil-military relations in the United States has been dominated by the concept of civilian control of the military. This has largely been a response to… More

Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy." Political Science Quarterly v. 76, n. 4 (1961): 481-502.
“For fifteen years American military policy has been in a state of turmoil and change. As a result, perhaps, stability has ranked high as a goal of military policy. In some respects… More

Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services." The American Political Science Review v. 55, n. 1 (1961): 40-52.
“Conventional wisdom” (to purloin a phrase from Galbraith) holds that interservice competition necessarily undermines economy, efficiency, and effective central control in the military… More

Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel. Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics. New York: Free Press, 1962.
“This book is a useful, if rather uneven, addition to the growing literature of military politics. As the third volume of the International Yearbook of Political Behavior… More

Power, Expertise and the Military Profession

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Power, Expertise and the Military Profession." Daedelus v. 92, n. 4 (1963): 785-807.
Since 1945 the American military profession has been reeling under the impact of not one but two revolutions. The technological revolution has made the management of violence increasingly… More

Political Power: USA/USSR

– Brzezinsky, Zbigniew and Samuel P. Huntington. Political Power: USA/USSR. New York: Viking Press, 1964.
“This is a stimulating study by two creative and productive young political scientists. Professor Brzezinski is the author of several important works on Soviet and Eastern European… More

Political Ideals and the Military Ethic

– Guttman, Allen. "Political Ideals and the Military Ethic." American Scholar 34:2 (Spring 1965): 221-237.
“From the 1770s to the 1960s, from the Committee of Correspondence to S.N.C.C., American political rhetoric has remained remarkably constant. Liberty and equality. Although each… More

The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait

– Janowitz, Morris. The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York: The Free Press, 1971.
“In his social profile of the professional soldier, Janowitz develops the basic distinction between “absolutist” and “pragmatist” approaches. Warfare –… More

After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment

– Huntington, Samuel P. "After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 406 (1973): 1-16.
After World War II, the United States reconstituted its military policy for the third time in its history. A strategy of deterrence was adopted as the military counterpart to a foreign… More

The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
This product of Harvard’s new Program in National Security Studies is an interesting collection of essays which, in contrast to the Blechman volume (above), places comparatively… More

Living with Nuclear Weapons

– Carnesale, Albert, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffman, Samuel P. Huntington, Joseph D. Nye Jr., Scott Sagan, Derek Bok. Living with Nuclear Weapons. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who… More

Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe." International Security v. 8, n. 3 (1983): 32-56.
For a quarter century the slow but continuing trend in NATO strategy – and in thinking about NATO strategy – has been from emphasis on nuclear deterrence to emphasis on… More

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

The Concept of Military Professionalism

– Harries-Jenkins, Gwyn. "The Concept of Military Professionalism." Defense Analysis 6:2 (Jun. 1990): 117-130.
“The publication in 1957 of Huntington’s The Soldier and the State and of Janowitz’s The Professional Soldier 3 years later stimulated considerable interest in the study… More

An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations

– Kohn, Richard, Colin Powell, John Lehman, William Odom, Samuel Huntington, "An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations," The National Interest 36 (Summer 1994): 23-31
“Of all the problems facing the nation, a crisis in civil-military relations is not one of them and things are not out of control. Mr. Kohn lays major responsibility for this… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control

– Feaver, Peter. "The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23:2 (Winter 1996): 149-178.
“The alleged crisis in American civil-military relations has revived a long-standing theoretical debate about the determinants of civilian control. So far, the debate has followed… More

Managing the ‘Expert Problem’ in Civil-Military Relations

– Bland, Douglas. "Managing the 'Expert Problem' in Civil-Military Relations." European Security 8:3 (Autumn 1999): 25-43.
Samuel Huntington once defined ‘the modern problem of civil‐military relations’ as managing the relationship between military experts and civilian ministers. The expert/minister… More

Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

– Feaver, Peter. Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book,… More

Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity

– Huntington, Samuel P. Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war,… More

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroad

– Zakaria, Fareed. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. New York: Norton & Co, 2007.
Translated into twenty languages The Future of Freedom is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics,… More

American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era

– Eds. Nielson, Suzanne and Don Snider. American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
American Civil-Military Relations offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington’s field-defining book, The Soldier and the State.… More

American Civil-military Relations Today: The Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State

– Nielson, Suzanne. "American Civil-military Relations Today: the Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State." International Affairs, 88:2 (Mar. 2012): 369-376.
Fifty-five years after it was first published, Samuel Huntington’s The soldier and the state remains an essential starting point for serious discussions of American civil–military… More

Commentary

The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
“In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for… More

The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics. New York, Columbia University Press, 1961.
“Professor Robert Bowie of Harvard, who formerly headed the State Department’s policy planning staff, remarked a year ago that “we just don’t know much about …… More

The New Civil-Military Relations

– Lyons, Gene. "The New Civil-Military Relations." American Political Science Review 55 (March 1961): 53-60.
“Historically the character of civil-military relations in the United States has been dominated by the concept of civilian control of the military. This has largely been a response to… More

Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy." Political Science Quarterly v. 76, n. 4 (1961): 481-502.
“For fifteen years American military policy has been in a state of turmoil and change. As a result, perhaps, stability has ranked high as a goal of military policy. In some respects… More

Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services." The American Political Science Review v. 55, n. 1 (1961): 40-52.
“Conventional wisdom” (to purloin a phrase from Galbraith) holds that interservice competition necessarily undermines economy, efficiency, and effective central control in the military… More

Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel. Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics. New York: Free Press, 1962.
“This book is a useful, if rather uneven, addition to the growing literature of military politics. As the third volume of the International Yearbook of Political Behavior… More

Power, Expertise and the Military Profession

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Power, Expertise and the Military Profession." Daedelus v. 92, n. 4 (1963): 785-807.
Since 1945 the American military profession has been reeling under the impact of not one but two revolutions. The technological revolution has made the management of violence increasingly… More

Political Power: USA/USSR

– Brzezinsky, Zbigniew and Samuel P. Huntington. Political Power: USA/USSR. New York: Viking Press, 1964.
“This is a stimulating study by two creative and productive young political scientists. Professor Brzezinski is the author of several important works on Soviet and Eastern European… More

Political Ideals and the Military Ethic

– Guttman, Allen. "Political Ideals and the Military Ethic." American Scholar 34:2 (Spring 1965): 221-237.
“From the 1770s to the 1960s, from the Committee of Correspondence to S.N.C.C., American political rhetoric has remained remarkably constant. Liberty and equality. Although each… More

The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait

– Janowitz, Morris. The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York: The Free Press, 1971.
“In his social profile of the professional soldier, Janowitz develops the basic distinction between “absolutist” and “pragmatist” approaches. Warfare –… More

After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment

– Huntington, Samuel P. "After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 406 (1973): 1-16.
After World War II, the United States reconstituted its military policy for the third time in its history. A strategy of deterrence was adopted as the military counterpart to a foreign… More

The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
This product of Harvard’s new Program in National Security Studies is an interesting collection of essays which, in contrast to the Blechman volume (above), places comparatively… More

Living with Nuclear Weapons

– Carnesale, Albert, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffman, Samuel P. Huntington, Joseph D. Nye Jr., Scott Sagan, Derek Bok. Living with Nuclear Weapons. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who… More

Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe." International Security v. 8, n. 3 (1983): 32-56.
For a quarter century the slow but continuing trend in NATO strategy – and in thinking about NATO strategy – has been from emphasis on nuclear deterrence to emphasis on… More

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

The Concept of Military Professionalism

– Harries-Jenkins, Gwyn. "The Concept of Military Professionalism." Defense Analysis 6:2 (Jun. 1990): 117-130.
“The publication in 1957 of Huntington’s The Soldier and the State and of Janowitz’s The Professional Soldier 3 years later stimulated considerable interest in the study… More

An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations

– Kohn, Richard, Colin Powell, John Lehman, William Odom, Samuel Huntington, "An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations," The National Interest 36 (Summer 1994): 23-31
“Of all the problems facing the nation, a crisis in civil-military relations is not one of them and things are not out of control. Mr. Kohn lays major responsibility for this… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control

– Feaver, Peter. "The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23:2 (Winter 1996): 149-178.
“The alleged crisis in American civil-military relations has revived a long-standing theoretical debate about the determinants of civilian control. So far, the debate has followed… More

Managing the ‘Expert Problem’ in Civil-Military Relations

– Bland, Douglas. "Managing the 'Expert Problem' in Civil-Military Relations." European Security 8:3 (Autumn 1999): 25-43.
Samuel Huntington once defined ‘the modern problem of civil‐military relations’ as managing the relationship between military experts and civilian ministers. The expert/minister… More

Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

– Feaver, Peter. Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book,… More

Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity

– Huntington, Samuel P. Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war,… More

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroad

– Zakaria, Fareed. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. New York: Norton & Co, 2007.
Translated into twenty languages The Future of Freedom is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics,… More

American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era

– Eds. Nielson, Suzanne and Don Snider. American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
American Civil-Military Relations offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington’s field-defining book, The Soldier and the State.… More

American Civil-military Relations Today: The Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State

– Nielson, Suzanne. "American Civil-military Relations Today: the Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State." International Affairs, 88:2 (Mar. 2012): 369-376.
Fifty-five years after it was first published, Samuel Huntington’s The soldier and the state remains an essential starting point for serious discussions of American civil–military… More

Multimedia

The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
“In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for… More

The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics. New York, Columbia University Press, 1961.
“Professor Robert Bowie of Harvard, who formerly headed the State Department’s policy planning staff, remarked a year ago that “we just don’t know much about …… More

The New Civil-Military Relations

– Lyons, Gene. "The New Civil-Military Relations." American Political Science Review 55 (March 1961): 53-60.
“Historically the character of civil-military relations in the United States has been dominated by the concept of civilian control of the military. This has largely been a response to… More

Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy." Political Science Quarterly v. 76, n. 4 (1961): 481-502.
“For fifteen years American military policy has been in a state of turmoil and change. As a result, perhaps, stability has ranked high as a goal of military policy. In some respects… More

Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services." The American Political Science Review v. 55, n. 1 (1961): 40-52.
“Conventional wisdom” (to purloin a phrase from Galbraith) holds that interservice competition necessarily undermines economy, efficiency, and effective central control in the military… More

Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel. Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics. New York: Free Press, 1962.
“This book is a useful, if rather uneven, addition to the growing literature of military politics. As the third volume of the International Yearbook of Political Behavior… More

Power, Expertise and the Military Profession

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Power, Expertise and the Military Profession." Daedelus v. 92, n. 4 (1963): 785-807.
Since 1945 the American military profession has been reeling under the impact of not one but two revolutions. The technological revolution has made the management of violence increasingly… More

Political Power: USA/USSR

– Brzezinsky, Zbigniew and Samuel P. Huntington. Political Power: USA/USSR. New York: Viking Press, 1964.
“This is a stimulating study by two creative and productive young political scientists. Professor Brzezinski is the author of several important works on Soviet and Eastern European… More

Political Ideals and the Military Ethic

– Guttman, Allen. "Political Ideals and the Military Ethic." American Scholar 34:2 (Spring 1965): 221-237.
“From the 1770s to the 1960s, from the Committee of Correspondence to S.N.C.C., American political rhetoric has remained remarkably constant. Liberty and equality. Although each… More

The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait

– Janowitz, Morris. The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York: The Free Press, 1971.
“In his social profile of the professional soldier, Janowitz develops the basic distinction between “absolutist” and “pragmatist” approaches. Warfare –… More

After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment

– Huntington, Samuel P. "After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 406 (1973): 1-16.
After World War II, the United States reconstituted its military policy for the third time in its history. A strategy of deterrence was adopted as the military counterpart to a foreign… More

The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
This product of Harvard’s new Program in National Security Studies is an interesting collection of essays which, in contrast to the Blechman volume (above), places comparatively… More

Living with Nuclear Weapons

– Carnesale, Albert, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffman, Samuel P. Huntington, Joseph D. Nye Jr., Scott Sagan, Derek Bok. Living with Nuclear Weapons. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who… More

Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe." International Security v. 8, n. 3 (1983): 32-56.
For a quarter century the slow but continuing trend in NATO strategy – and in thinking about NATO strategy – has been from emphasis on nuclear deterrence to emphasis on… More

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

The Concept of Military Professionalism

– Harries-Jenkins, Gwyn. "The Concept of Military Professionalism." Defense Analysis 6:2 (Jun. 1990): 117-130.
“The publication in 1957 of Huntington’s The Soldier and the State and of Janowitz’s The Professional Soldier 3 years later stimulated considerable interest in the study… More

An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations

– Kohn, Richard, Colin Powell, John Lehman, William Odom, Samuel Huntington, "An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations," The National Interest 36 (Summer 1994): 23-31
“Of all the problems facing the nation, a crisis in civil-military relations is not one of them and things are not out of control. Mr. Kohn lays major responsibility for this… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control

– Feaver, Peter. "The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23:2 (Winter 1996): 149-178.
“The alleged crisis in American civil-military relations has revived a long-standing theoretical debate about the determinants of civilian control. So far, the debate has followed… More

Managing the ‘Expert Problem’ in Civil-Military Relations

– Bland, Douglas. "Managing the 'Expert Problem' in Civil-Military Relations." European Security 8:3 (Autumn 1999): 25-43.
Samuel Huntington once defined ‘the modern problem of civil‐military relations’ as managing the relationship between military experts and civilian ministers. The expert/minister… More

Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

– Feaver, Peter. Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book,… More

Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity

– Huntington, Samuel P. Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war,… More

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroad

– Zakaria, Fareed. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. New York: Norton & Co, 2007.
Translated into twenty languages The Future of Freedom is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics,… More

American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era

– Eds. Nielson, Suzanne and Don Snider. American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
American Civil-Military Relations offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington’s field-defining book, The Soldier and the State.… More

American Civil-military Relations Today: The Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State

– Nielson, Suzanne. "American Civil-military Relations Today: the Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State." International Affairs, 88:2 (Mar. 2012): 369-376.
Fifty-five years after it was first published, Samuel Huntington’s The soldier and the state remains an essential starting point for serious discussions of American civil–military… More

Teaching

The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
“In a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for… More

The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Common Defense: Strategic Programs in National Politics. New York, Columbia University Press, 1961.
“Professor Robert Bowie of Harvard, who formerly headed the State Department’s policy planning staff, remarked a year ago that “we just don’t know much about …… More

The New Civil-Military Relations

– Lyons, Gene. "The New Civil-Military Relations." American Political Science Review 55 (March 1961): 53-60.
“Historically the character of civil-military relations in the United States has been dominated by the concept of civilian control of the military. This has largely been a response to… More

Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in American Military Policy." Political Science Quarterly v. 76, n. 4 (1961): 481-502.
“For fifteen years American military policy has been in a state of turmoil and change. As a result, perhaps, stability has ranked high as a goal of military policy. In some respects… More

Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Interservice Competition and the Political Roles of the Armed Services." The American Political Science Review v. 55, n. 1 (1961): 40-52.
“Conventional wisdom” (to purloin a phrase from Galbraith) holds that interservice competition necessarily undermines economy, efficiency, and effective central control in the military… More

Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel. Changing Patterns of Military Politics in National Politics. New York: Free Press, 1962.
“This book is a useful, if rather uneven, addition to the growing literature of military politics. As the third volume of the International Yearbook of Political Behavior… More

Power, Expertise and the Military Profession

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Power, Expertise and the Military Profession." Daedelus v. 92, n. 4 (1963): 785-807.
Since 1945 the American military profession has been reeling under the impact of not one but two revolutions. The technological revolution has made the management of violence increasingly… More

Political Power: USA/USSR

– Brzezinsky, Zbigniew and Samuel P. Huntington. Political Power: USA/USSR. New York: Viking Press, 1964.
“This is a stimulating study by two creative and productive young political scientists. Professor Brzezinski is the author of several important works on Soviet and Eastern European… More

Political Ideals and the Military Ethic

– Guttman, Allen. "Political Ideals and the Military Ethic." American Scholar 34:2 (Spring 1965): 221-237.
“From the 1770s to the 1960s, from the Committee of Correspondence to S.N.C.C., American political rhetoric has remained remarkably constant. Liberty and equality. Although each… More

The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait

– Janowitz, Morris. The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York: The Free Press, 1971.
“In his social profile of the professional soldier, Janowitz develops the basic distinction between “absolutist” and “pragmatist” approaches. Warfare –… More

After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment

– Huntington, Samuel P. "After Containment: The Functions of the Military Establishment." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 406 (1973): 1-16.
After World War II, the United States reconstituted its military policy for the third time in its history. A strategy of deterrence was adopted as the military counterpart to a foreign… More

The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Strategic Imperative: New Policies for American Security. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
This product of Harvard’s new Program in National Security Studies is an interesting collection of essays which, in contrast to the Blechman volume (above), places comparatively… More

Living with Nuclear Weapons

– Carnesale, Albert, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffman, Samuel P. Huntington, Joseph D. Nye Jr., Scott Sagan, Derek Bok. Living with Nuclear Weapons. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who… More

Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe." International Security v. 8, n. 3 (1983): 32-56.
For a quarter century the slow but continuing trend in NATO strategy – and in thinking about NATO strategy – has been from emphasis on nuclear deterrence to emphasis on… More

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

The Concept of Military Professionalism

– Harries-Jenkins, Gwyn. "The Concept of Military Professionalism." Defense Analysis 6:2 (Jun. 1990): 117-130.
“The publication in 1957 of Huntington’s The Soldier and the State and of Janowitz’s The Professional Soldier 3 years later stimulated considerable interest in the study… More

An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations

– Kohn, Richard, Colin Powell, John Lehman, William Odom, Samuel Huntington, "An Exchange on Civil-Military Relations," The National Interest 36 (Summer 1994): 23-31
“Of all the problems facing the nation, a crisis in civil-military relations is not one of them and things are not out of control. Mr. Kohn lays major responsibility for this… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control

– Feaver, Peter. "The Civil-military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz and the Question of Civilian Control." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23:2 (Winter 1996): 149-178.
“The alleged crisis in American civil-military relations has revived a long-standing theoretical debate about the determinants of civilian control. So far, the debate has followed… More

Managing the ‘Expert Problem’ in Civil-Military Relations

– Bland, Douglas. "Managing the 'Expert Problem' in Civil-Military Relations." European Security 8:3 (Autumn 1999): 25-43.
Samuel Huntington once defined ‘the modern problem of civil‐military relations’ as managing the relationship between military experts and civilian ministers. The expert/minister… More

Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

– Feaver, Peter. Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book,… More

Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity

– Huntington, Samuel P. Who Are We?: The Challenges to America’s National Identity. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war,… More

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroad

– Zakaria, Fareed. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. New York: Norton & Co, 2007.
Translated into twenty languages The Future of Freedom is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics,… More

American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era

– Eds. Nielson, Suzanne and Don Snider. American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
American Civil-Military Relations offers the first comprehensive assessment of the subject since the publication of Samuel P. Huntington’s field-defining book, The Soldier and the State.… More

American Civil-military Relations Today: The Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State

– Nielson, Suzanne. "American Civil-military Relations Today: the Continuing Relevance of Samuel P. Huntington’s The Soldier and the State." International Affairs, 88:2 (Mar. 2012): 369-376.
Fifty-five years after it was first published, Samuel Huntington’s The soldier and the state remains an essential starting point for serious discussions of American civil–military… More