The modern American military /
edited by David M. Kennedy.
- xix, 332 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published: 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
The Modern American Military is composed of essays surveying the mission and character of the United States armed forces in the twenty-first century.
9780190230906 (pbk.) 0190230908 (pbk.)
2012050996
National security--United States. Seguridad nacional--Estados Unidos
United States--Armed Forces. Estados Unidos --Fuerzas armadas United States--Military policy. Estados Unidos--Política militar Estados Unidos--Historia militar