Reforming the Pentagon: Reflections on How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Authors

Mark P. Nevitt, Emory University School of LawFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

0000-0001-9690-0326

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Keywords

Department of Defense, National security governance, Civil-military relations, Covert action, Legal authority

Abstract

In this Essay, I first describe and analyze the two core laws that provide for the military’s legal organizational framework: the National Security Act of 1947 and the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. Second, I highlight one example—the rise of special operations forces and covert action—where existing laws may be inadequate to restrain military action.

First Page

69

Publication Title

Temple International and Comparative Law Journal

Recommended Citation

Mark Patrick Nevitt, Reforming the Pentagon: Reflections on How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything, 32 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 69 (2018).