This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, with a new c

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William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter, two of the world's foremost defense authorities, draw on their experience as leaders of the U.S. Defense Department to pr

This new textbook seeks to explain how US defense and national security policy is formulated and conducted. The focus is on the role of the President, Congress,