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The modern American military /

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 r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kennedy, David M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.