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.
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