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The Modern American Military (Paperback)
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The advent of the all-volunteer force and the evolving nature of
modern warfare have transformed our military, changing it in
serious if subtle ways that few Americans are aware of. Edited by
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy, this stimulating
volume brings together insights from a remarkable group of
scholars, who shed important new light on the changes effecting
today's armed forces. Beginning with a Foreword by former Secretary
of Defense William J. Perry, the contributors take an historical
approach as they explore the ever-changing strategic, political,
and fiscal contexts in which the armed forces are trained and
deployed, and the constantly shifting objectives that they are
tasked to achieve in the post-9/11 environment. They also offer
strong points of view. Lawrence Freedman, for instance, takes the
leadership to task for uncritically embracing the high-tech
Revolution in Military Affairs when "conventional" warfare seems
increasingly unlikely. And eminent psychiatrist Jonathan Shay warns
that the post-battle effects of what he terms "moral wounds"
currently receive inadequate attention from the military and the
medical profession. Perhaps most troubling, Karl Eikenberry raises
the issue of the "political ownership" of the military in an era of
all-volunteer service, citing the argument that, absent the
political protest common to the draft era, government
decision-makers felt free to carry out military operations in both
Iraq and Afghanistan. Andrew Bacevich goes further, writing that
"it's no longer our army; it hasn't been for years; it's theirs
[the government's] and they intend to keep it." Looking at such
issues as who serves and why, the impact of non-uniformed
"contractors" in the war zone, and the growing role of women in
combat, this volume brings together leading thinkers who illuminate
the American military at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
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