TY - BOOK AU - Kennedy,David M. TI - The modern American military SN - 9780190230906 (pbk.) AV - UA 23 M689 2015 U1 - 355.00973 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford, New York : PB - Oxford University Press KW - National security KW - United States KW - Seguridad nacional KW - Estados Unidos KW - Armed Forces KW - Fuerzas armadas KW - Military policy KW - PolĂ­tica militar KW - Historia militar N1 - 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 N2 - The Modern American Military is composed of essays surveying the mission and character of the United States armed forces in the twenty-first century ER -