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These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions
in human history, the military, and the interactions of that
institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve"
nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted";
they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have
"missions"; they also have "interests." In an older, more
traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer
approach. Although each statement in the pairs may be said to be
true, the former speak from the framework of the military sciences;
the latter, from the framework of the social and behavioral
sciences.
The military systems of our past differ from one another over time,
in political origins, size, missions, and technological and
tactical fashions, but to a great extent their historical
experiences have been more noticeably similar than they were
different. When we ask questions about the recruiting, training, or
motivating of military systems, or of those systems' interactions
with civilian governments and with the greater society, as do the
essays in these five volumes of reading on "The Military and
Society" we are struck by the almost timeless patterns of
continuity and similarity of experience.
In each of these volumes approximately half of the essays selected
deal with the experience in the United States; the other half, with
the experiences of other states and times, enabling the reader to
engage in comparative analysis.
These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions
in human history, the military, and the interactions of that
institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve"
nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted";
they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have
"missions"; they also have "interests." In an older, more
traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer
approach. Although each statement in the pairs may be said to be
true, the former speak from the framework of the military sciences;
the latter, from the framework of the social and behavioral
sciences.
The military systems of our past differ from one another over time,
in political origins, size, missions, and technological and
tactical fashions, but to a great extent their historical
experiences have been more noticeably similar than they were
different. When we ask questions about the recruiting, training, or
motivating of military systems, or of those systems'
interactionswith civilian governments and with the greater society,
as do the essays in these five volumes of reading on "The Military
and Society" we are struck by the almost timeless patterns of
continuity and similarity of experience.
In each of these volumes approximately half of the essays selected
deal with the experience in the United States; the other half, with
the experiences of other states and times, enabling the reader to
engage in comparative analysis.
These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions
in human history, the military, and the interactions of that
institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve"
nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted";
they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have
"missions"; they also have "interests." In an older, more
traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer
approach. Although each statement in the pairs may be said to be
true, the former speak from the framework of the military sciences;
the latter, from the framework of the social and behavioral
sciences.
The military systems of our past differ from one another over time,
in political origins, size, missions, and technological and
tactical fashions, but to a great extent their historical
experiences have been more noticeably similar than they were
different. When we ask questions about the recruiting, training, or
motivating of military systems, or of those systems'
interactionswith civilian governments and with the greater society,
as do the essays in these five volumes of reading on "The Military
and Society" we are struck by the almost timeless patterns of
continuity and similarity of experience.
In each of these volumes approximately half of the essays selected
deal with the experience in the United States; the other half, with
the experiences of other states and times, enabling the reader to
engage in comparative analysis.
When British authorities established 'settler' colonies in North
America and the Antipodes (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa,
Fiji) from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries,
they introduced law through parliamentary statutes and Colonial
Office oversight, and they dispatched governors and judges to the
colonies. These jurists set aside some aspects of English Common
Law to meet the special conditions of the settler societies, but
the 'Responsible Governments' that were eventually created in the
colonies and the British immigrants themselves set aside even more
of the English law, exercising 'informal law' - popular norms - in
its place. Law and popular norms clashed over a range of issues,
including ready access to land, the property rights of aboriginal
people. the taking of property for public purposes, master-servant
relationships and crown/corporate liability for negligent
maintenance and operation of roads, bridges and railways. Drawing
on extensive archival and library sources in England, the United
States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Karsten explores these
collisions and arrives at a number of conclusions that will
surprise.
Challenging traditional accounts of the development of American
private law, Peter Karsten offers an important new perspective on
the making of the rules of common law and equity in
nineteenth-century courts. The central story of that era, he finds,
was a struggle between a jurisprudence of the head, which adhered
strongly to English precedent, and a jurisprudence of the heart, a
humane concern for the rights of parties rendered weak by
inequitable rules and a willingness to create exceptions or
altogether new rules on their behalf. Karsten first documents the
tendency of jurists, particularly those in the Northeast, to resist
arguments to alter rules of property, contract, and tort law. He
then contrasts this tendency with a number of judicial innovations
- among them the sanctioning of 'deep pocket' jury awards and the
creation of the attractive-nuisance rule - designed to protect
society's weaker members. In tracing the emergence of a
pro-plaintiff, humanitarian jurisprudence of the heart, Karsten
necessarily addresses the shortcomings of the reigning,
economic-oriented paradigm regarding judicial rulemaking in
nineteenth-century America. Originally published in 1997. A UNC
Press Enduring Edition - UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest
in digital technology to make available again books from our
distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These
editions are published unaltered from the original, and are
presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both
historical and cultural value.
This book explores the three-way struggle between the British colonists who settled North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa; the British government and its U.S. and Canadian federal government successors; and the indigenous peoples of the settled regions. In the colonies, British law and popular norms clashed over a range of issues, including ready access to land, the property rights of aboriginal people, the taking of property for public purposes, and master-servant relationships. This book will greatly appeal to law professors, historians, and anyone interested in the rights of native peoples.
Fusing riveting testimony from African American veterans with the
most incisive research of current military scholars, Black
Veterans, Politics, and Civil Rights in 20th-Century America:
Closing Ranks explores the intersecting characteristics of civil
rights struggle and political activism that was reflected in the
lives of ex-GIs throughout Twentieth Century American history. The
volume examines black veterans’ social and political activities
throughout the 20th Century, from the World Wars, through the
Korean and Vietnam War, and ends with the Persian Gulf War.
Presenting the full flesh and blood experiences of black veterans
who came from backgrounds and from all walks of life, each essay
captures how race, gender, ethnic, class, disability, generation,
and region shaped their experiences in the nation’s military
during times of war and how these issues profoundly affected the
postwar politics they embraced while trying to realize the true
meaning of equality in America. With original essays by emerging
scholars in the field of study, Closing Ranks is a foundational
text for reassessing the relationship between the ex-GI and the
modern nation state and providing readers with a vivid window into
the harsh realities that black citizen-soldiers have faced during
war and its aftermath for nearly a century.
Fusing riveting testimony from African American veterans with the
most incisive research of current military scholars, Black
Veterans, Politics, and Civil Rights in 20th-Century America:
Closing Ranks explores the intersecting characteristics of civil
rights struggle and political activism that was reflected in the
lives of ex-GIs throughout Twentieth Century American history. The
volume examines black veterans' social and political activities
throughout the 20th Century, from the World Wars, through the
Korean and Vietnam War, and ends with the Persian Gulf War.
Presenting the full flesh and blood experiences of black veterans
who came from backgrounds and from all walks of life, each essay
captures how race, gender, ethnic, class, disability, generation,
and region shaped their experiences in the nation's military during
times of war and how these issues profoundly affected the postwar
politics they embraced while trying to realize the true meaning of
equality in America. With original essays by emerging scholars in
the field of study, Closing Ranks is a foundational text for
reassessing the relationship between the ex-GI and the modern
nation state and providing readers with a vivid window into the
harsh realities that black citizen-soldiers have faced during war
and its aftermath for nearly a century.
When this book first appeared in 1972, Karsten, a former naval
officer, was taken to task for its portrayal of the Naval Academy
and the officer corps. Although his conclusions riled more than a
few senior officers, no one denied the significance of the study,
and it was named Best Book of the Year by Phi Alpha Theta, the
national history honorary society. The work focuses on the period
after the Civil War when the United States emerged as a power to be
reckoned with and its navy developed into a professional fighting
force. This revelatory portrait of the officer corps in the late
19th and early 20th centuries has remained an important reference
work for more than thirty-five years. This new edition includes a
new preface and foreword
In this book, Karsten examines the consequences of American
military life from the Revolutionary War to the present. Soldiers
and Society contains two major sections. A long introduction,
containing the author's survey and general conclusions, comprises
the first section. The rest of the book is made up of source
material--graphs, tables, and first-hand contemporary accounts.
Karsten uses statistics extensively for comparative purposes.
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