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Inside Defense brings together scholars, policy experts and practitioners to provide a comprehensive view of the U.S. military to understand the military´s role in international politics and its relationship with domestic institutions and society.

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Introduction PART I: THE MILITARY AND THE INTERNATIONAL SETTING Strategy in War; S.Biddle Competing Institutions: The Departments of Defense and State; S.Wrage More than Advice? The Joint Staff and American Foreign Policy; S.Saideman Military Diplomacy and Engagement Activities; D.S.Reveron Military Opinion on the Use of Force; J.Garofano Military Intervention and International Law; I.Wilson III Problem Definition in Foreign Policy; R.Burgos PART II: THE MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT Congress and the Military; M.Morris Hidden in Plain Sight: The Bush Military Buildup; D.Wirls Invoking Military Credentials in Congressional Elections 2000-2006; J.Teigen Presidential Image and the Military; B.Doherty Partisanship and the Military; D.S.Inbody The Military, the Courts and the War on Terror; K.Harbaugh Torture and Public Management: The Ethics of Interrogation; J.P.Pfiffner PART III: THE MILITARY AND CIVIL SOCIETY Understanding Civil-Military Relations; W.Ruger Explaining Civil-Military Relations during the Clinton-Bush Era; M.Owens The Retired Officer and the State; K.Mahoney-Norris Women, Women Everywhere; J.Hicks Stiehm Contracting for Services in U.S, Military Operations; D.Avant The Citizen Soldier Then and Now; D.L.Leal Conclusion

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Judith Hicks Stiehm, Florida International University, USA.

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