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Following the Flag - Marriage and the Modern Military (Hardcover, New)
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Following the Flag - Marriage and the Modern Military (Hardcover, New)
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Based on personal interviews with military spouses, as well as
current articles and statistics and studies from the Department of
Defense and Rand National Defense Research Institute, this book
provides an objective look at America's military family in the 21st
century, and explains how the military is attempting to improve
family life. Following the Flag discusses both the problems and
perks of today's armed forces families. It particularly looks at
the military family since America has become involved in
"peace-keeping missions" in Africa and combat in Afghanistan and
Iraq. Studies on family stress connected with deployment
(depression, divorce, domestic violence) are presented. A special
focus is the families of the National Guard and Reserves who are
often unprepared, emotionally and financially, for family members
to be called to duty. In addition, the book provides current
information on nontraditional military families. These include
female military personnel married to civilian males, who many times
must place their careers second and follow their wives to new
assignments, and families where both spouses are military personnel
who can be deployed at any time. Many changes have occurred in the
American armed forces over the past three decades. An all-volunteer
military came into being after the end of conscription in 1973;
women have joined the force in ever increasing numbers; service
personnel today are again involved in combat situations around the
world; reserve and guard units have been called to active duty.
With these developments, the role of military families has changed
as well. This book explains what the those changes have been, and
what they have meant to thefamilies involved.
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Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Praeger Security International |
Release date: |
September 2006 |
First published: |
October 2006 |
Authors: |
Betty L. Alt
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
152 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-275-98962-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-275-98962-3 |
Barcode: |
9780275989620 |
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