Military Bureaucracy and Decision-Making
A Public Choice Perspective
Thaddeus V. Drake Jr.
DOI: 10.56686/9798987849149
ABOUT THE BOOK
Military Bureaucracy and Decision-Making takes an unusual perspective on military decision-making. It is, first and foremost, about how military decisions are made at all echelons. It offers a way of thinking that explains many military decisions by using a framework that has rarely been applied to the military and the people who comprise it. Second, it is about a microeconomic approach to military personnel, public choice theory, human agency, and individuals who each have their own unique and personal preferences. Third, it incorporates recent evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the fundamental human motivation to seek social status and reputation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
by Command Sergeant Major Erano Bumanglag, USA
Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Argument
Chapter 1. Military Decision-Making and Public Choice
Chapter 2. Public Choice Theory
Chapter 3. Military Bureaucracy
Chapter 4. The Science of Status and Reputation
Chapter 5. The Principal-Agent Problem
Part II. Manifestations
Chapter 6. A Strategy of Self-Interest
Chapter 7. The Operational Level of Status and Reputation
Chapter 8. The Tactical Echelon: Self-interested to the Bottom
Chapter 9. Implications and Counterarguments
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author