Military Service and American Democracy : From World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars /

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Who Serves? William Taylor shows us why the changing answers to that question matter, not only to the individuals involved but to the health of American democracy. A pioneering work on the political and social history of American military recruiting since the end of World War II.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, William A., 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Democracy > United States > Citizen participation
Military service, Voluntary > United States > History
Draft > United States > History
Recruiting and enlistment.
Military service, Voluntary.
Draft.
Democracy > Citizen participation.
Service militaire obligatoire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Democracy > United States > Citizen participation.
Military service, Voluntary > United States > History.
Draft > United States > History.
United States > Armed Forces > Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Camp Red Cloud
  • The Selective Service idea
  • A sound and democratic principle
  • Freedom to serve
  • Who serves when not all serve?
  • Conscription is a tax
  • More than ever before
  • To serve in silence
  • An uneasy relationship
  • The nation's conscience
  • Individuals of note.

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