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Revisiting Goldwater-Nichols: Why Making The Joint Staff A General Staff Will Improve Civilian Control Of The Military And Refine The Constitutional Balance Of War Powers, Michael D. Minerva Jan 2023

Revisiting Goldwater-Nichols: Why Making The Joint Staff A General Staff Will Improve Civilian Control Of The Military And Refine The Constitutional Balance Of War Powers, Michael D. Minerva

American University National Security Law Brief

As the United States has progressively become more involved globally since World War II, the U.S. military is being stretched beyond the professional military competency straining civilian control of the military. To remedy this, it is again time to revisit our national security structure, and adopt a General Staff in place of the Joint Staff. Following World War II and the destruction of the German General Staff by the Nazi Party, the General Staff as an institution has been emotionally rejected in the United States without a careful historical and legal examination of how that institution operates under varying forms …


Insidious Encroachment? Strengthening The "Crown Jewels": The 2018 Reauthorization Of Fisa Section 702, John F. Schifalacqua Jan 2019

Insidious Encroachment? Strengthening The "Crown Jewels": The 2018 Reauthorization Of Fisa Section 702, John F. Schifalacqua

American University National Security Law Brief

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