The Military as a Separate Society: Consequences for Discipline in the United States and Australia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498557047)

The exercise of public power by the military in civilian Western democracies such as Australia and the United States demonstrates a tendency toward diminished responsibility for moral behavior. Pauline Collins argues that a different system of military criminal investigation and discipline outside the civilian justice system enables the military to operate like a coterie and can lead to a failure in the requisite moral standard of behavior required of military personnel and maintaining civilian institutional control. Collins argues that the justifications for separate treatment weakens both the military reputation and the practice of civilian control of the military as well as leading to an overall decline in morality and values in a democratic society.

Author: Pauline Collins
ISBN-10: 149855704X
ISBN-13: 9781498557047
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2019
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d