| ID | 107904 |
| Title Proper | Institutionalizing supreme command |
| Other Title Information | explaining political-military integration in the Vietnam war, 1964-1968 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bakich, Spencer D |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Under what conditions can leaders achieve wartime political-military integration? In the Vietnam War, political-military integration exhibited dramatic variation: in the air war, the US was able to tightly integrate its political objectives and military conduct, but in the ground war, the American military prosecuted a strategy that was both divorced from broader political objectives and was immune from Washington's influence. I argue that the nature of information management between the military and civilian leadership explains the pattern of political-military integration in the Vietnam War more completely than do explanations that focus on the organizational cultures of professional militaries. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 22, No. 4; Oct 2011: p.688-711 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 22, No. 4; Oct 2011: p.688-711 |
| Key Words | Vietnam War ; Civil - Military Relations ; Information Structure ; Organizational Culture ; Supreme Command ; Political - Military Integration ; Political – Military Integration |