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The modern American military /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kennedy, David M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
United States > Armed Forces.
United States > Military policy.
National security > United States.
États-Unis > Forces armées.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Armed Forces
Military policy
National security
United States
Militär
USA
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.