Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal articles from March 2001

Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal archives from March 2001

ARE POST-COLD WAR MILITARIES POSTMODERN?
March 22, 2001... The theoretical perspective of postmodernism has become commonplace in sociology. Not surprisingly, military sociologists have begun to apply the description to the forms of military organization emerging after the end of the Cold War in...

CONNECTED TO SOCIETY: THE POLITICAL BELIEFS OF U.S. ARMY GENERALS.
March 22, 2001... You know, we've always voted but we've never been aggressively following a competition to determine the who's and the why's. We've just kind of said, hey, you know, whoever the Americans say is Commander-in-Chief, that will be...

ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: THE SEARCH FOR STRATEGIC LEGITIMACY.
March 22, 2001... It has now been more than two decades--well before the end of the Cold War--since the Worldwatch Institute's Lester Brown first issued a plea to adopt a new and more robust conception of national security attuned to the contemporary world....

THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON JOB FUNCTIONING OF MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN.
March 22, 2001... Both military women and men are exposed to a wide range of stressor events as a part of military training and work assignments.(1) In addition, military women may also experience stressors related to being a woman in a traditionally and...

GENDER DISPARITIES IN ENFORCING THE HONOR CONCEPT AT U.S. THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
March 22, 2001... Women were first admitted to the United States Naval Academy in 1976. This occurred after turbulent congressional hearings that resulted in President Ford's signature of a public law mandating that women be admitted to all Department of...

THEORIZING CONTINUITY: FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
March 22, 2001... Over the years, research conducted from both the psychological and sociological paradigms has done much to illuminate the mechanisms through which military socialization is able to achieve thoroughgoing transformation, from "civilian" to...

SHOULD U.S. MILITARY RECRUITERS WRITE OFF THE COLLEGE BOUND?
March 22, 2001... Those concerned with military recruiting are likely to hold mixed views about college-bound high school students. On one hand, college aspirants, on average, are less likely to be interested in military service; therefore, the growing...

The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000.(Review)
March 22, 2001... William H. McNeill, The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. Pp. 405. $16.00, paperback reprint. This essay reviews literature relating to war, economy, and...

The Future of War: Power, Technology and American Worm Dominance in the 21st Century.(Review)
March 22, 2001... George and Meredith Friedman, The Future of War: Power, Technology and American Worm Dominance in the 21st Century. New York: Crown Publishers, 1996. Pp. 464. $16.95, paperback (St. Martin's Press, March 1998). This essay reviews...

War, Economy and Society, 1939-1945.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Alan S. Milward, War, Economy and Society, 1939-1945. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Pp. 365. $17.95, paperback (October 1979). This essay reviews literature relating to war, economy, and technology (i.e., the material...

War and Economy in the Third Reich.(Review)
March 22, 2001... R. J. Overy, War and Economy in the Third Reich. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Pp. 375. $26.00, hardcover (Oxford University Press reprint edition, August 1995). This essay reviews literature relating to war, economy, and technology...

Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Michael A. Bellesiles, Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. New York: Knopf, 2000. Pp. 603. $30.00, hardcover. This is an important book, but also a disillusioning and disorienting one. Michael Bellesiles seeks to dispel...

The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Mark Harrison, ed., The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison. London: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. 307. $24.95, paperback. The Economics of World War H compares the war experiences of six great...

Economic Strategy and national Security: A Next Generation Approach.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Patrick J. deSouza, ed., Economic Strategy and National Security: A Next Generation Approach. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000. Pp. 402. $35.00, hardcover. Given the raucous claims and counterclaims about the implications of...

The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Michael S. Sanders, The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. Pp. 253. $26.00, hardcover. The Yardis a day-in-the-life story of the Bath Iron Works shipyard, one of six active yards building...