Demystifying the Citizen Soldier
This report analyzes the National Guard’s centrality to American national security, the idea that it prevents the United States from fighting controversial foreign wars, and its claim to embody the citizen soldier. It concludes that there are increasing tensions among these three ideals and that as...
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| description | This report analyzes the National Guard’s centrality to American national security, the idea that it prevents the United States from fighting controversial foreign wars, and its claim to embody the citizen soldier. It concludes that there are increasing tensions among these three ideals and that as the Guard has become an increasingly important tool of American national security, it has lost some of the attributes of the citizen soldier. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1155742024-03-29T19:31:00Z Demystifying the Citizen Soldier Cohen, Raphael S. Technology History Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTM Military engineering This report analyzes the National Guard’s centrality to American national security, the idea that it prevents the United States from fighting controversial foreign wars, and its claim to embody the citizen soldier. It concludes that there are increasing tensions among these three ideals and that as the Guard has become an increasingly important tool of American national security, it has lost some of the attributes of the citizen soldier. 2023-10-05T10:39:40Z 2023-10-05T10:39:40Z 2015 book ONIX_20231005_9780833093592_1348 9780833093592 9780833091635 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/115574 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt19rmdcb RAND Corporation 10.7249/j.ctt19rmdcb 10.7249/j.ctt19rmdcb 47ac0b54-b121-491c-a9c8-5ca6776e27cb 9780833093592 9780833091635 open access |
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