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

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 American national policy, Huntington has performed the distinctive task of developing a general theory of civil-military relations and subjecting it to rigorous historical analysis.Huntington, Samuel P. is the author of 'Soldier and the State The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations.', published 1981 under ISBN 9780674817364 and ISBN 0674817362.