PART I: The Military and the International Setting -- Strategy in War / Steven Biddle -- The Department of Defense and the Department of State: Out of balance and into trouble / Stephen Wrage -- More than Advice? The Joint Staff and American Foreign Policy / Stephen Saideman -- Military Diplomacy and the Engagement Activities of combatant commanders / Derek S. Reveron -- The undermilitarization of U.S. foreign policy? / John Garofano -- Military Intervention and International Law / Isaiah Wilson III -- Problem Definition in Foreign and Security Policy / Russell A. Burgos -- PART II: The Military and Government Institutions -- The Military and Congress / Michael Morris -- Hidden in Plain Sight: The Bush Military Buildup / Daniel Wirls -- Invoking Military Credentials in Congressional Elections 2000-2006 / Jeremy M. Teigen -- Presidential Image and the Military / Brendan J. Doherty -- Partisanship and the Military: Voting patterns of the American military / Captain Donald S. Inbody -- The Military, the Courts, and the War on Terror / Kenneth E. Harbaugh -- The Ethics of Interrogation: Torture and Public Management / James P. Pfiffner -- PART III: The Military and Civil Society -- Civilian means of control / William Ruger -- Understanding Civil-Military Relations during the Clinton-Bush Era / Mackubin Owens -- The Retired Officer and the State / Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris -- Women, Women, Everywhere... / Judith Hicks Stiehm -- Contracting for Services in U.S. Military Operations / Deborah D. Avant -- Odd couples: the DoD and NGOs / Linton Wells II and Charles Hauss -- The Citizen Soldier, Then and Now: The National Guard, military reserves, and ROTC / David L. Leal -- Conclusion.