Military Service and American Democracy: From World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

by William A. Taylor and William Alton Taylor

Book Overview

"When I became secretary of defense," Ashton B. Carter said when announcing that the Pentagon would open all combat jobs to women, "I made a commitment to building America's force of the future. In the twenty-first century, that requires drawing strength from the broadest possible pool of talent."

That "pool of talent"--and how our nation's civilian and military leaders have tried to fill it--is what Military Service and American Democracy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700630406
• ISBN13: 9780700630400
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"