Officer Resignation and the Space Between Theory and Practice. Issue 3 (July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Menchaca-Bagnulo, Ashleen
• Is Part Of: Armed forces and society. Volume 45:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 532
• Page End: 545
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Subjects: officer resignation -- civic republicanism -- realism -- civil–military relations; Sociology, Military -- Periodicals; Sociology, Military -- United States -- Periodicals; Armed Forces -- Periodicals; United States -- Armed Forces -- Periodicals; 306.27
• DOI: 10.1177/0095327X18806504
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0095-327X

Abstract

Having read the erudite contributions of Dubik, Feaver, Kohn, Mueller, and Snider, I can only supplement our mutual inquiry through the contribution of an analysis of officer resignation from the perspective of Western political thought, particularly as embodied by strands of the civic republic tradition. I believe this tradition can give us a foundation for talking about officer resignation and a means for drawing strict boundaries around when such dissent is appropriate.