The Soldier and the State

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## Contents

* 1 Part 1, Military Institutions and the State
* 1.1 Officership as a Profession
* 1.2 The Rise of the Military Profession
* 1.3 The Military Mind
* 1.4 Power, Professionalism and Ideology
* 1.5 Germany and Japan
* 2 Part 2, Military Power in America (1798-1940)
* 2.1 The Ideological Constant
* 2.2 The Structural Constant
* 2.3 Before the Civil War
* 2.4 Creating the American Military Profession
* 2.5 Failure of the Neo-Hamiltonian Compromise
* 2.6 Constancy of Interwar Civil-Military Relations
* 3 Part 3, The Crisis of American Civil-Military Relations (1940-1955)
* 4 References

The Soldier and the State: the Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations is a 1957 book by Samuel Huntington, is one of the formative works in the field of military sociology. It begins by reviewing the characteristics of a profession, and develops the concepts of the profession of arms, and of civilian-military relations in different cultures. Huntington focuses on civil-military relations in democracies, where the military role is one of the dimensions of grand strategy, rather than situations where military opinions control national strategy.

## Part 1, Military Institutions and the State[edit]

### Officership as a Profession[edit]

Huntington limits his definition of professionalism to officers, but speaks of career enlisted men as members of a professional army. Not all military officers are, in his view, of the profession of arms -- a military surgeon is of a different profession. His concept of the professional officer is that the officer, as suggested by Harold Lasswell, is an expert in "the management of violence"; the officer's responsibility -- professions are defined to have broad responsibilities -- "is to the military security of his client, society."[1]

Noncommissioned officer (NCO) does not appear in the index, yet most advanced military forces regard their NCOs as essential professionals -- ones concerned with the preparation and performance of individuals while officers are concerned with the preparation and performance of units. Senior NCOs also mentor junior officers. [2]

### The Rise of the Military Profession[edit]

### The Military Mind[edit]

### Power, Professionalism and Ideology[edit]

### Germany and Japan[edit]

## Part 2, Military Power in America (1798-1940)[edit]

### The Ideological Constant[edit]

### The Structural Constant[edit]

### Before the Civil War[edit]

### Creating the American Military Profession[edit]

### Failure of the Neo-Hamiltonian Compromise[edit]

### Constancy of Interwar Civil-Military Relations[edit]

## Part 3, The Crisis of American Civil-Military Relations (1940-1955)[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Samuel Huntington (1957), The Soldier and the State: the Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations (1964 Vintage Edition ed.), Harvard University, pp. 14-15
2. ↑ Leadership: Competent, Confident, and Agile, U.S. Army, October 2006, Field Manual (FM) 6-22, p. 3-3