Michael C. Desch is associate director of the Patterson School at the University of Kentucky.

A courageous, definitive work. -- Joseph J. Collins Joint Force Quarterly Desch's book... already has proven influential in shaping the debate within the academic and the policymaking communities. The book is important because it makes a bold argument based on a clearly advanced theory and tests it against an extraordinary range of cases... A landmark study. American Political Science Review A refreshing addition to the literature on civil-military relations. It challenges traditional explanations and contributes to several different important theoretical and policy debates. Journal of Military History A timely book with a provocative thesis. -- Glen M. Segell Millennium

• Contents: List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Civilian Control of the Military in Different Threat Environments Chapter 3: Losing Control? Civil-Military Relations in the United States during and after the Cold War Chapter 4: Controlling Chaos: Civilian Control of the Soviet and Russian Militaries Chapter 5: The Anger of the Legions: The Hindenburg-Ludendorff Dictatorship, The Algerian Crisis, and Interwar Japan Chapter 6: Twilight of the Generals? Domestic Security and Civil-Military Relations in Southern Latin America Chapter 7: What the Future Holds Appendix Major U.S. Civil-Military Conflicts, 1938-1997 Notes

Michael C. Desch is associate director of the Patterson School at the University of Kentucky.

A courageous, definitive work. -- Joseph J. Collins Joint Force Quarterly Desch's book... already has proven influential in shaping the debate within the academic and the policymaking communities. The book is important because it makes a bold argument based on a clearly advanced theory and tests it against an extraordinary range of cases... A landmark study. American Political Science Review A refreshing addition to the literature on civil-military relations. It challenges traditional explanations and contributes to several different important theoretical and policy debates. Journal of Military History A timely book with a provocative thesis. -- Glen M. Segell Millennium

• Contents: List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Civilian Control of the Military in Different Threat Environments Chapter 3: Losing Control? Civil-Military Relations in the United States during and after the Cold War Chapter 4: Controlling Chaos: Civilian Control of the Soviet and Russian Militaries Chapter 5: The Anger of the Legions: The Hindenburg-Ludendorff Dictatorship, The Algerian Crisis, and Interwar Japan Chapter 6: Twilight of the Generals? Domestic Security and Civil-Military Relations in Southern Latin America Chapter 7: What the Future Holds Appendix Major U.S. Civil-Military Conflicts, 1938-1997 Notes

Michael C. Desch is associate director of the Patterson School at the University of Kentucky.

A courageous, definitive work. -- Joseph J. Collins Joint Force Quarterly Desch's book... already has proven influential in shaping the debate within the academic and the policymaking communities. The book is important because it makes a bold argument based on a clearly advanced theory and tests it against an extraordinary range of cases... A landmark study. American Political Science Review A refreshing addition to the literature on civil-military relations. It challenges traditional explanations and contributes to several different important theoretical and policy debates. Journal of Military History A timely book with a provocative thesis. -- Glen M. Segell Millennium

• Contents: List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Civilian Control of the Military in Different Threat Environments Chapter 3: Losing Control? Civil-Military Relations in the United States during and after the Cold War Chapter 4: Controlling Chaos: Civilian Control of the Soviet and Russian Militaries Chapter 5: The Anger of the Legions: The Hindenburg-Ludendorff Dictatorship, The Algerian Crisis, and Interwar Japan Chapter 6: Twilight of the Generals? Domestic Security and Civil-Military Relations in Southern Latin America Chapter 7: What the Future Holds Appendix Major U.S. Civil-Military Conflicts, 1938-1997 Notes