Defense Politics, Fall 2002
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Author: Sapolsky, Harvey M.
Subject: Social Sciences
Institution Name:
M.I.T.
Collection Name: MIT OpenCourseWare
Abstract: This course focuses on the institutional relationships that affect the raising, maintenance and use of military forces in the United States. It is about civil/military, government/industry, military/science and military service/military service relations. The course examines how politicians, defense contractors, and military officers determine the military might of the United States. It analyses the military strategies of the nation and the bureaucratic strategies of the armed services, contractors, and defense scientists. It offers a combination of military sociology, organizational politics, and the political economy of defense.
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Course Type: Full Course
Material Types: Assessments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi
Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs
Language: English
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