Citizen and Soldier: A Sourcebook on Military Service and National Defense from Colonial America to the Present

by Henry C. Dethloff and Gerald E. Shenk

Book Overview

Americans grow up expecting that in a time of need, their country can depend on its people for volunteer service to the military. Indeed, this has been a social and at times legal expectation for the citizenship of this country since 1776. Yet, since the end of World War II United States forces have been caught up in many long term military engagements, and the military aspect of citizenship has become an increasingly marginalized one in a world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415877040
• ISBN13: 9780415877046
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"