He was author of several books, including "The American Enlisted Man", "The Military - More Than Just A Job?", "Soldiers and Sociologists", "The New Conscientious Objection", "A Call To Civic Service", and "Reporting War When There Is No War". He was also the author of "All That We Can Be: Black Leadership And Racial Integration The Army Way", which won the Washington Monthly award for the best political book of 1996. In addition, he published well over one hundred articles in scholarly journals and news publications such as "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", "Chicago Tribune", "Atlantic Monthly", and the "New Republic". His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He was a leading figure in the field of civil-military relations.