1.0Faculty of Public and Global Affairshttps://carleton.ca/fpgaBryan Gagnonhttps://carleton.ca/fpga/author/bryangagnon/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="O59IBaNvJX"><a href="https://carleton.ca/fpga/event/author-meets-readers-overseen-or-overlooked/">Author Meets Readers | Overseen or Overlooked?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carleton.ca/fpga/event/author-meets-readers-overseen-or-overlooked/embed/#?secret=O59IBaNvJX" width="600" height="338" title="“Author Meets Readers | Overseen or Overlooked?” — Faculty of Public and Global Affairs" data-secret="O59IBaNvJX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://carleton.ca/fpga/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://carleton.ca/fpga/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2025/08/overseen-overlooked.jpg600400About the Book “War is too important to be left to the generals,” declared French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau over a century ago. But which civilians, exactly, play the most important roles in controlling the armed forces? When civilian control is studied, the focus is typically on those in the upper echelons of the executive […]