For your mid-term exam, you will pick address the following questions below in a 5-8 page paper (not including the cover and reference pages):
In the United States, military leaders are not asked by political leaders when and where to go to war, and civilian control of the armed forces has always been a central feature of American democracy; some contemporary observers however argue that there is a developing crisis of civil-military relations.
To the extent that this is true, what would you specify as the most obvious manifestations of this crisis? The causes and severity of these problems?
How can American society best ensure that the armed forces remain subordinate to civilian authority while retaining the ability to respond to a wide range of security challenges?