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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453014703321

Titolo

The modern American military [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David M. Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-025266-9

1-299-48625-8

0-19-989595-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KennedyDavid M

Disciplina

355.00973

Soggetti

National security - United States

Electronic books.

United States Armed Forces

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The counterrevolution in strategic affairs / Lawrence Freedman -- 2. The U.S. Armed Forces' view of war / Brian McAllister Linn -- 3. Weapons : the growth and spread of the precision-strike regime / Thomas G. Mahnken -- 4. American military culture from colony to empire / Robert L. Goldich -- 5. Manning and financing the twenty-first century all-volunteer force / David R. Segal and Lawrence J. Korb -- 6. Military contractors and the American way of war / Deborah Avant and Rene de Nevers -- 7. Filming war / Jay Winter -- 8. The future of conscription : some comparative reflections / James Sheehan -- 9. Whose army? / Andrew J. Bacevich -- 10. Assessing the all-volunteer force / Karl W. Eikenberry -- 11. Military justice / Charles J. Dunlap Jr -- 12. Women in the U.S. military : the evolution of gender norms and military requirements / Michelle Sandhoff and Mady Wechsler Segal -- 13. Casualties / Jonathan Shay.

Sommario/riassunto

The advent of the all-volunteer force and the evolving nature of modern warfare have transformed our military, changing it in serious if subtle ways that few Americans are aware of. Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy, this stimulating volume brings



together insights from a remarkable group of scholars, who shed important new light on the changes effecting today's armed forces. Beginning with a Foreword by former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, the contributors take an historical approach as they explore the ever-changing strategic, political, and fiscal contexts