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Titolo: | The modern American military [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David M. Kennedy |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina: | 355.00973 |
Soggetto topico: | National security - United States |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Armed Forces |
United States Military policy | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | KennedyDavid M |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The modern American military |
ISBN: | 0-19-025266-9 |
1-299-48625-8 | |
0-19-989595-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453014703321 |
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