A Study On The Conflict And Harmony Of The U.S. Civil-military Relations

The development of information-based war and new military transform made the relation between the army,national politics,economy,diplomatism and world culture become more and more close,moreover,the stabilization of civil-military relations directly affect the national security and strategically programming. Since the foundation of USA,the relations between american army and its civilian leadership has taken on the different characteristic of that stage,and the principle of civilian control run though the whole phylogeny of American civil-military relation.This dissertation studies the conflict and harmony of the American civil-military relations based on the civilian control theory,the military professionalism theory and Bureaucratic politics Theory. Firstly, the dissertation tells the background,purpose ,content and new idea of the research, and introduces the theories used in the dissertation ,then studies the historical evolvement of American civil-military relations of different stages,and completely analyzed the actualities of American civil-military conflict in the war on terror based on the correlative theory,and anatomied the deep-layer causes of that conflict,including the drive come from interest group,the dissimilarity experiences based on profession career,the individuality of decision-maker and the effect of new neoconservatism and so forth.? whereafter discusses the way in which America how to harmonize the civil-military relations ,moreover,indicated the approach to establish the healthy civil-military relations,and take example for Irap war,studing the actualities and reasons of American civil-military conflict,furthermore,discussing the way to resolve those civil-military conflict. Finally, summarizes the experience of the U.S. civil-military relations construction which can be applied for the PLA, and some useful opinions and suggestions are brought forward, according to our national conditions and military situations.Research shows that civilian control is the core of american civil-military relations all the time.Though the durative development of the war on terror make American army gain more and more say on the national foreign policy , the power of president and congress provided by american constitution as well as the strengthening of Interagency Coordination could accelerate the healthy development of civil-military relations completely.