The Pentagon and the Presidency: Civil-Military Relations from FDR to George W. BushWhile presidents have always kept a watchful eye on the military, our generals have been equally vigilant in assessing the commander in chief. Their views, however, have been relatively neglected in the literature on civil military relations. By taking us inside the military's mind in this matter, Dale Herspring's new book provides a path breaking, utterly candid, and much needed reassessment of a key relationship in American government and foreign