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

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

A Unified Theory Of Civil-Military Relations.
September 22, 1999... The study of civil-military relations has suffered from too little theorizing The recent interest in civil-military relations and questions concerning how governments control armed forces are exceptional. This renaissance in what some...

Black American Radicalism and the First World War: The Secret Files of the Military Intelligence Division.
September 22, 1999... "Of all the vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the effect of social and moral influences upon the human mind, the most vulgar is that of attributing the diversities of conduct and character to inherent natural differences." ...

The Western Ethical Tradition and the Morality of the Warrior.
September 22, 1999... In this article, I will examine the continuities and discontinuities in the Western ethical tradition with respect to its understanding of the nature and role of the warrior. I will suggest that Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli,...

Why Don't They Fight Each Other? Cultural Diversity and Operational Unity in Multinational Forces.
September 22, 1999... This article examines multinational forces as multicultural organizations. Historically speaking, multinational forces have been in existence for thousands of years and embrace the use of mercenaries by political powers, the armed forces of...

Professional Soldiers and Politics: A Case of Central and Eastern Europe.
September 22, 1999... In a democratic society, armed forces, and especially their professional corps, are directly or indirectly involved in politics. Their influence penetrates politics through many channels and the statement that "armed services are involved in...

Adjusting to the Post-U.S. Bases Era: The Ordeal of the Philippine Military's Modernization Program.
September 22, 1999... The 1995 Philippine government's unprecedented decision to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was unique not only in Philippine political history, but also altered the country's role in Southeast Asian security affairs. Since...

Into the Crucible: Making Marines for the 21st Century.(Review)
September 22, 1999... James B. Woulfe, Into the Crucible: Making Marines for the 21st Century. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1998. Pp. 183. $24.95, hardcover. Two books on Marine Corps basic training have been written in recent years. One of these, Thomas Ricks's...

Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Barbara Ehrenreich, Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997. Pp. 240. $25.00, paperback. In the introduction to Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich reports that she began thinking about war...

Culture and Conflict Resolution.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Avruch, Kevin, Culture and Conflict Resolution. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1998. Pp. 153. $14.95, Paperback. Defining culture remains a struggle for scholars of all fields of the social sciences. From the...

Planning War, Pursuing Peace: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1920-1939.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Paul A. C. Koistinen, Planning War, Pursuing Peace: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1920-1939. Lawrence, KS: The University Press of Kansas, 1998. Pp. 432. $45.00, hardcover. Paul Koistinen has written another winner. This is the...

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York: PublicAffairs, 1998. Pp. 352. $25.00, hardcover. What is the factual basis for Tom Clancy's repetitive allegory about a...

Professionals on the Front Line: Two Decades of the All-Volunteer Force.(Review)
September 22, 1999... J. Eric Fredland, Curtis Gilory, Roger D. Little, and W. S. Sellman, eds., Professionals on the Front Line: Two Decades of the All-Volunteer Force. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1996. Pp. 326. $37.00, hardcover. For officers commissioned at...

Bold Endeavors: Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Jack Stuster, Bold Endeavors: Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. Pp. 377. $34.95, hardcover. Our species is driven to explore and test the limits of our environment. In only forty-one...

Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days & Iron Coffins.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Karl Doenitz, Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days, trans. by R. H. Stevens and David Woodward. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. Reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1997. Pp. 520. $16.95, paperback. Herbert A. Warner, Iron Coffins. New...