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Postscript
Always Salute, Never Resign
Richard H. Kohn

Senior officers who resign over policy disagreements with civilian leaders undermine the principle of civilian control over the military and damage the professionalism of the U.S. armed forces.
Response
Sep/Oct
2007
Salute and Disobey?
Richard B. Myers and Richard H. Kohn, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Lawrence J. Korb, and Michael C. Desch

Did the Bush administration disregard military expertise before the Iraq war? Should military leaders have done more to protest in response?
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2002
Soldiers and Civilians: The Civil-Military Gap and American National Security
Andrew J. Bacevich
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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