This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This new edition has been fully updated and revised, with a new c

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William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter, two of the world's foremost defense authorities, draw on their experience as leaders of the U.S. Defense Department to pr