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The modern American military / edited by David M. Kennedy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: xix, 332 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190230906 (pbk.)
  • 0190230908 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.00973
LOC classification:
  • UA 23 M689 2015
Contents:
The counterrevolution in strategic affairs / Lawrence Freedman -- The U.S. Armed Forces' view of war / Brian McAllister Linn -- Weapons: the growth and spread of the precision-strike regime / Thomas G. Mahnken -- American military culture from colony to empire / Robert L. Goldich -- Manning and financing the twenty-first century all-volunteer force / David R. Segal & Lawrence J. Korb -- Military contractors and the American way of war / Deborah Avant and Rene de Nevers -- Filming war / Jay Winter -- The future of conscription: some comparative reflections / James Sheehan -- Whose army? / Andrew J. Bacevich -- Assessing the all-volunteer force / Karl W. Eikenberry -- Military justice / Charles J. Dunlap Jr -- Women in the U.S. military : the evolution of gender norms and military requirements / Michelle Sandhoff and Mady Wechsler Segal -- Casualties / Jonathan Shay.
Summary: The Modern American Military is composed of essays surveying the mission and character of the United States armed forces in the twenty-first century.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) UA 23 M689 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000165713

Originally published: 2013

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The counterrevolution in strategic affairs / Lawrence Freedman -- The U.S. Armed Forces' view of war / Brian McAllister Linn -- Weapons: the growth and spread of the precision-strike regime / Thomas G. Mahnken -- American military culture from colony to empire / Robert L. Goldich -- Manning and financing the twenty-first century all-volunteer force / David R. Segal & Lawrence J. Korb -- Military contractors and the American way of war / Deborah Avant and Rene de Nevers -- Filming war / Jay Winter -- The future of conscription: some comparative reflections / James Sheehan -- Whose army? / Andrew J. Bacevich -- Assessing the all-volunteer force / Karl W. Eikenberry -- Military justice / Charles J. Dunlap Jr -- Women in the U.S. military : the evolution of gender norms and military requirements / Michelle Sandhoff and Mady Wechsler Segal -- Casualties / Jonathan Shay.

The Modern American Military is composed of essays surveying the mission and character of the United States armed forces in the twenty-first century.

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