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civilian control of the military
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Civilian control of the military
Civilian control of the military
is a doctrine in
military
and
political science
that places ultimate
responsibility
for a
country's
strategic
decision-making
in the hands of the
civilian
political
leadership
, rather than professional
military
officers
. The
de facto
opposite of having civilian control of the military is a
military dictatorship
. A lack of control over the military may result in a
state within a state
. One author, paraphrasing
Samuel P. Huntington
's writings in
The Soldier and the State
, has summarized the civilian control ideal as "the proper subordination of a competent, professional military to the ends of policy as determined by civilian authority".
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