Salute and Disobey?; The Civil-Military Balance, Before Iraq and After

Readers respond to "Bush and the Generals," an article by Michael Desch that appeared in the May/June 2007 issue. Richard B. Myers and Richard H. Kohn contend that the article contains important errors of fact and interpretation, and they argue that, contrary to Desch's assertion, the Kosovo intervention in 1999 was not evidence of poor civil-military relations. Mackubin Thomas Owens notes that although Desch is right to observe that there is a troubling division between the uniformed U.S. military and civilian leaders, he is wrong to blame most of the present problems on the Bush administration. Lawrence J. Korb reflects that Desch does address the way in which President Bush and his appointees have used military professionals to back their political agenda. Desch replies. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]