Robert Previdi has written:

'Civilian control versus military rule' -- subject(s): Civil supremacy over the military, Civil-military relations, Reorganization, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense

element is not a key characteristic of the civic republican theory of the civilian military relations?

Interaction of military forces with the civilian populace

Martial Law

Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in militaryand 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.