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In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.
Author : James Kitfield
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Page : 488 pages
File Size : 29,85 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
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In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.
Author : James Kitfield
Publisher : Potomac Books Incorporated
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574881233
In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.
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Page : 488 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Military art and science
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Author : Beth Bailey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 22,72 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0674053524
In 1973, not long after the last American combat troops returned from Vietnam, President Nixon fulfilled his campaign promise and ended the draft. No longer would young men find their futures determined by the selective service system; nor would the U.S. military have a guaranteed source of recruits. America’s Army is the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War. It is also a history of America in the post-Vietnam era. In the Army, America directly confronted the legacies of civil rights and black power, the women’s movement, and gay rights. The volunteer force raised questions about the meaning of citizenship and the rights and obligations it carries; about whether liberty or equality is the more central American value; what role the military should play in American society not only in time of war, but in time of peace. And as the Army tried to create a volunteer force that could respond effectively to complex international situations, it had to compete with other “employers” in a national labor market and sell military service alongside soap and soft drinks. Based on exhaustive archival research, as well as interviews with Army officers and recruiters, advertising executives, and policy makers, America’s Army confronts the political, moral, and social issues a volunteer force raises for a democratic society as well as for the defense of our nation.
Author : Peter Feaver
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780262561426
Essays on the emerging military-civilian divide in the United States.
Author : Karen DeYoung
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307265935
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Colin Powell, from his Bronx childhood to his military career to his controversial tenure as secretary of state, with an updated afterword detailing his life after the Bush White House. Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and one of the most trusted political figures in America. In Soldier, the award-winning Washington Post editor Karen DeYoung takes us from Powell’s humble roots as the son of Jamaican immigrants to his meteoric rise through the military ranks during the Cold War and Desert Storm to his agonizing deliberations over whether to run for president. Culminating in his stint as Secretary of State in the Bush Administration and his role in making the case for war with Iraq, this is a sympathetic but objective portrait of a great but fallible man.
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 15,80 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Infantry
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
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The magazine of mobile warfare.
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Military art and science
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