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soldier: emphasizing physical fitness and endurance, preferring to live rough with his
men, and a master of the topography of battlegrounds. He refused to carry a weapon into
combat, feeling his job was to lead not to fight. (In the U.S. Army, men like Charlie
Beckwith, the founder of Delta Force, and Richard Meadows, leader of the Son Tay
Raiders, had similar careers and maintain similar legends.)
Great Britain
“Colonel Ignores Rules for SNP Job.” London, England: The Mirror (Jan. 6, 1999).
Active duty Col. Calamity Crawford gave military advice to active politicians in the SNP.
Col. Calamity opted to retire and enter into politics since military regulations restrict the
involvement of active duty service members in politics. He had to wait three months for
his resignation to come into effect, meaning that he could be court martialed if he advised
politicians during that time period.
Egnell, Robert. “Explaining U.S. and British Performance in Complex
Expeditionary Operations: The Civil-Military Dimension.” Journal of Strategic
Studies 29.6 (Dec. 2006): 1041-1075.
A nation's structure and culture of civil-military relations are important and largely
overlooked factors in explaining the performance of armed forces involved in complex
expeditionary operations. The U.S. model of “Huntingtonian,” with its divided civilmilitary
structures and poor interagency cooperation, makes the US military less suited
for complex expeditionary operations. British civil-military relations involve a Defence
Ministry that conscientiously integrates military and civilian personnel, as well as
extensive interagency cooperation and coordination. This “Janowitzean” integrated form
of civil-military relations makes the British military more likely to provide for the
planning and implementation of comprehensive campaigns that employ and coordinate
all instruments of power available to the state, as well as troops in the field displaying the
flexibility and cultural and political understanding that are necessary in complex
expeditionary operations.
Korski, Daniel. “British Civil-Military Integration: The History and Next Steps.”
The RUSI Journal 154.6 (Dec. 2009): 14-24.
British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan exposed a lack of institutional memory of the
lessons of previous interventions. Twenty-first century security challenges have defied
the traditional organizational boundaries within (and between) the military, civil service
and government. Although there have been efforts to move towards the so-called
comprehensive approach and create truly joint frameworks, the overhaul of government
institutions has not been radical enough. A fresh, bold set of reforms is required to
rework the institutions of state power to be effective in the present security environment.
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