The modern American military [electronic resource] / edited by David M. Kennedy.

Contributor(s): Kennedy, David M | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xix, 332 pISBN: 9780199895953 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): National security -- United States | United States -- Armed Forces | United States -- Military policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 355.00973 LOC classification: UA23 | .M5854 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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