Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal articles from June 1999

Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal archives from June 1999

War and Culture: A Neglected Relation.
June 22, 1999... The termination of the Cold War and the approach of the twenty-first century have prompted considerable discussion about war and the future global system. The old bipolar rivalry has given way to the emergence of new regional forces and...

Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations.
June 22, 1999... The collapse of communism in the former USSR and its East European allies presents us with an unparalleled opportunity to take another look at the nature of civil-military relations in such polities. Never before have we had such access to...

Contact Lenses: Explaining U.S.-Russian Military-to-Military Ties.
June 22, 1999... Over the past decade, the military organizations of the United States and Russia have established and institutionalized a set of programs and agreements that bring their officers and troops into regular contact and cooperation with each...

Changes in Patterns of Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: A Comparison of the 1988 and 1995 DoD Surveys.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 1999... Sexual harassment was first defined as a concept in the late 1970s [1] It takes two distinct forms--quid pro quo or a condition of a hostile work environment. Quid pro quo harassment occurs when acceptance of sexual or offensive behaviors is...

The Impact of Family Supportive Policies and Practices on Organizational Commitment to the Army.
June 22, 1999... As the forces of social change begin to dismantle the "myth" of separate worlds, [1] the intersections of work and family have come under increasing scrutiny from scholars, family therapists, policy makers, corporate leaders, and journalists....

Accidental/Inadvertent Nuclear War and Information Warfare.
June 22, 1999... The end of Cold War has led some to assume that nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence are passe. Along with this, is a related assumption that a revolution in high technology, conventional weaponry will accelerate the rate of nuclear...

Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Policy, 1907--1956.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Mark R. Grandstaff, Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Policy, 1907--1956. Washington, DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1997. Pp. 299. $40.00, hardcover. In this well-researched monograph, Mark Grandstaff traces the...

Mobilizing America: Robert P. Patterson and the War Effort, 1940-1945.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Keith E. Eiler, Mobilizing America: Robert P. Patterson and the War Effort, 1940-1945. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. Pp. 588. $39.95, hardcover. Keith Eiler's study of Robert P. Patterson is a welcome addition to the...

The Next World War: Computers are the Weapons and the Front Line is Everywhere.(Review)
June 22, 1999... James Adams, The Next World War: Computers are the Weapons and the Front Line is Everywhere. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1998. Pp. 336. $25.00, hardcover. Chinese contributions to the 1996 Clinton re-election campaign, the contemporary...

China's Military in Transition.(Review)
June 22, 1999... David Shambaugh and Richard h. Yang, eds., China's Military in Transition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pp. 320. $24.95, paperback. Anyone--scholar, journalist, government official, interested observer--who is about to embark on a study...

National Defense and the Environment.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Stephen Dycus, National Defense and the Environment. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1996. Pp. 286. $49.95, hardcover. In this comprehensive and well-researched work, Stephen Dycus presents the reader with an in-depth...