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portada Mending the Broken Dialogue: Military Advice and Presidential Decision-Making
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English
Pages
74
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780876096918

Mending the Broken Dialogue: Military Advice and Presidential Decision-Making

Janine A. Davidson; Emerson T. Brooking; Benjamin J. Fernandes (Author) · Council On Foreign Relations Press · Paperback

Mending the Broken Dialogue: Military Advice and Presidential Decision-Making - Janine A. Davidson; Emerson T. Brooking; Benjamin J. Fernandes

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Synopsis "Mending the Broken Dialogue: Military Advice and Presidential Decision-Making"

As commander in chief of the armed forces, the president of the United States bears great responsibility in determining when and how to use military force. To make such decisions, the president requires clear understanding of the risks, costs, and likely outcome of a military intervention. Because many presidents and senior civilian appointees lack military experience, they rely on senior military advisors to provide viable, realistic, and timely advice to inform critical decisions. Unfortunately, what the military leadership provides is often not what presidents are looking for. Whereas civilians expect a collaborative dialogue in which multiple options are presented to them over a short period of time, military officers are taught to deliver their "best military advice" only after developing a detailed plan. Developing such a plan takes longer than civilians anticipate, and this process can be stymied when presidents and their advisors are unable to provide the sort of detailed guidance that the military expects. Meanwhile, the president cannot determine the best guidance without first understanding the costs, risks, and benefits of each potential option. This chicken-and-egg dilemma is a perennial feature of civil-military decision-making. Although friction often frustrates civil-military relations, it is an inevitable and important part of the policymaking process. The system breaks down when there is too much friction or too little: when civilian and military leaders descend into open conflict or when one side acquiesces to the other and embraces groupthink. The system works best when both sides in the civil-military dialogue are able to speak candidly in an environment that fosters empathy and empowerment.

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