Chapter 7. Military Politics on the Battlefield

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgments VIII
5. Introduction. Breach, Neglect, Guidance 1
6. Part I. New Theoretical Perspectives
7. Chapter 1. What Is Military Politics? 19
8. Chapter 2. Rethinking Clausewitz’s Chameleon 48
9. Part II. New Perspectives on Senior Officership
10. Chapter 3. Military Contrarianism 73
11. Chapter 4. Embedded in Politics 92
12. Chapter 5. Civil-Military Challenges and the Militia 117
13. Chapter 6. Strategic Civil-Military Relations: Tomorrow’s Generals’ Views on Dissent, Disobedience, and Principled Resignation 132
14. Part III. Military Politics and Military Operations
15. Chapter 7. Military Politics on the Battlefield 165
16. Chapter 8. Begging Permission, Asking Forgiveness 186
17. Chapter 9. Judges on the Battlefield? 201
18. Chapter 10. Small Powers’ Civil-Military Relations 220
19. Conclusion. Military Politics as Research Program 246
20. Index 254