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Title:

The modern American military / edited by David M. Kennedy.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xix, 332 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

United States.--Armed Forces.
United States--Military policy.
National security--United States.

Other Authors:

Kennedy, David M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Casualties / Jonathan Shay. 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 Renée de Nevers -- Filming war / Jay Winter -- The future of conscription: some comparative reflections / James Sheehan -- Whose army? / Andrew J. Bacevich -- Reassessing 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.

ISBN:

0199895945 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780199895946 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)813930729

LCCN:

2012050996

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)