Samaan The RAND Corporation (1989-2009)

The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-05735-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 195 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy

Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called defense intellectuals such as the RAND Corporation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samaan, J.

Weitere Mitwirkende

George, Renuka

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: THE INVARIANTS OF THE MILITARY INTELLECTUAL FIELD The Inheritance of a Technicist Ideology  The Competitive Dynamics of the Strategic Field  PART II: REWRITING THE AMERICAN MILITARY DOCTRINE Transformations in the Defense Department The Work of Legitimizing Political Agendas  PART III: THE EMISSARIES OF AMERICAN MILITARY THOUGHT  An Exemplary Regionalization of American Politics  The International Distribution of American Sciences of Government  Conclusion: The Disenchantment of Strategists?

Über Autor(innen)

JEAN-LOUP SAMAAN is a Professor of Strategic Studies at the NATO Defense College, Italy. A former strategic analyst at the French Ministry of Defense, he holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris La Sorbonne. He has been a visiting scholar at the RAND Corporation and Duke University and is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies.