Author: Will Atkins. Contributor: Lynne Chandler Garcia (Edited by), John Riley (Edited by), Miriam Krieger (Edited by), Will Atkins (Edited by). The book is organized into three parts. Part II dives inside the defense policy process, exploring the evolution of contemporary civil-military relations, the changing character of the profession of arms, and the issues and debates in the budgeting, organizing, and equipping process.