Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal articles from September 2000

Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal archives from September 2000

Citizenship and Compulsory Military Service: The Revolutionary Origins of Conscription in the United States.
September 22, 2000... The American military tradition rests on several pillars, some explicitly articulated, others substantially less so. Among the most significant yet elusive of these pillars is the principle of citizen service. Stripped to its core, the...

U.S. Military Attitudes Toward Post-Cold War Missions.
September 22, 2000... How do U.S. officers feel about the post-Cold War's range of new missions? During the Cold War, tasks centered on low-intensity contingencies were less valued, less enthusiastically endorsed, and less successful, but now, without the Soviet...

The Impact of Multiple Deployments on Soldiers' Peacekeeping Attitudes, Morale, and Retention.
September 22, 2000... In the post-Cold War era, the United States Army has undergone a dramatic transformation. Defense spending has been reduced and the personnel drawdown that followed the Gulf War has likewise reduced the number of active-duty soldiers in the...

War by Other Means: The Problem of Political Control in Irish Republican Strategy.
September 22, 2000... In 1998 the German Red Army Faction (RAE) made a formal announcement that it was to dissolve. Its final communique noted that one reason it failed was that a parallel political structure had not been developed to run concurrently with the...

Nationalism, National Security, and Amazonia: Military Perceptions and Attitudes in Contemporary Brazil.
September 22, 2000... On the seventh of November 1996, at the end of the second year of his presidency, Fernando Henrique Cardoso announced the promulgation of the "National Defense Policy" (PDN), a document unparalleled in the country's history, and a key step in...

Militarized Decision-Making for War in Pakistan: 1947-1971.
September 22, 2000... Huntington and Betts have found, in their studies of U.S. decision-making, that military leaders are no more likely than their civilian counterparts to advocate war, and in some cases are less so. [1] This is in sharp contrast to the...

The Soul of Battle from Ancient Times to the Present Day: How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Victor Davis Hanson, The Soul of Battle from Ancient Times to the Present Day: How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny. New York: The Free Press, 1999. Pp. 480. $39.00, hardcover. The Soul of Battle is a phrase with a specific,...

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.), On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Pp. 367. $24.95, hardcover; $13.95, paperback. Joanna Bourke, An Intimate History...

Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. New York: Berghahn, 1998. Pp. 159. $35.00, hardcover; $18.95, paperback. In this small and interesting volume, Eyal Ben-An, professor of...

Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph?(Review)
September 22, 2000... Ralph Peters, Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph? Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999. Pp. 210. $19.95, hardcover. Just as NATO Operation Allied Force in Kosovo intensifies, a new book examines how to win the battles of the...

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Mark Bowden, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. Pp. 386. $24.00, hardcover. Black Hawk Down should be of interest to anyone who wants to understand modern urban warfare, and how society shapes...

The Immaculate Invasion.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Bob Shacochis, The immaculate Invasion. New York: Viking, 1999. Pp. 408. $27.95, hardcover. A novel can reveal the truth in ways that elude scholarly prose. Poetry sometimes cuts even closer. The Immaculate Invasion is not a novel, but it...

African Guerrillas.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Christopher Clapham, ed., African Guerrillas. Oxford, U.K.: James Currey; Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. Pp. 208. $17.95, paperback; $39.95, hardcover. Anthony Clayton, Frontiersmen:...