civilian control
1Civilian control of the military — is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country s strategic decision making in the hands of the civilian political leadership, rather than professional military officers. One author, paraphrasing… …
2civilian control — n. authority of the citizens …
3Civilian Public Service — The Civilian Public Service (CPS) provided conscientious objectors in the United States an alternative to military service during World War II. From 1941 to 1947, nearly 12,000 draftees, willing to serve their country in some capacity but… …
4control — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 power over sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ effective, proper (esp. BrE) ▪ close …
5Civilian casualties — is a military term describing civilian or non combatant persons killed, injured, or imprisoned by military action. The description of civilian casualties includes any form of military action regardless of whether civilians were targeted directly …
6Civilian Pilot Training Program — Student fliers under Civilian Pilot Training Program. Congressional Airport. Rockville, Maryland The Civilian Pilot Training Program (or CPTP) was a flight training program (1938–1944) sponsored by the United States government with the stated… …
7Civilian-based defense — Civilian based defense, according to Professor Gene Sharp, a scholar of non violent struggle, is a “policy [in which] the whole population and the society’s institutions become the fighting forces. Their weaponry consists of a vast variety of… …
8Civilian Irregular Defense Group program — (CIDG, pronounced sid gee ) was a program developed by the U.S. government in the Vietnam War to develop South Vietnamese irregular military units from minority populations. Contents 1 Purpose 2 History 3 See also …
9Civilian Irregular Defense Group — (CIDG, pronounced sid gee ) is one several South Vietnamese irregular military units during the Vietnam War. The CIDG program was devised by the CIA in early 1961 to counter expanding Viet Cong influence in South Vietnam s Central Highlands.… …
10Civilian Conservation Corps — The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt …
