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The Military Advices on the Decision Making at JCS of USA

Sohn, Hanbyeol 1 kim, Sung-Woo 2

1국방대학교
2해군

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ABSTRACT

It is natural that the military leadership plays a leading role in the implementation of military policy, but ‘the military advice’ is not always reflected on the process of the policy making. Historically, the relationships between the President of the United States and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff(CJCS) has been fluctuated, which has led to accept, ignore or criticize the military advice in the decision-making process of security and military policy. This study begins with questions such as "why a military advice is accepted, while the other advice is ignored?", and "when and how military advice of the JCS is accepted?" Research questions are raised; Was military advice always accepted? What are the conditions for accepting military advice? How are they reflected in the decision-making process? What is the policy implication for Korea? This article reviews the existing research on "military advice" and analyzes, through the case study, the process of reflecting the military advice of JCS to military policy. First, it presents two determinants of the advice acceptance; "information and resource control power of the military," “the President’s perception of the military,” which constitutes "bargaining advantages." And it analyzes the Kennedy government's military decision-making processes; Pigs bay invasion, Laos intervention, and the Cuban missile crisis, and draws lessons to contribute to the ROK military's enhancement of professionalism and strategic security policy.

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