ISBN:
9781403982179
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.27
Keywords:
Sociology, Military-United States..
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United States-Armed Forces-History-21st century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
An edited collection of ethnographic research that seeks to provide visions of and for US military culture from a solid anthropological base. The volume explores several important but relatively unknown cultural variations in the defense community through a variety of lenses. A strong list of contributors highlight important issues such as: anthrax vaccines, the 'Golden Age' culture of the military, gender roles among army spouses, weight control and physical readiness, the military advisor, and the United States Naval Academy.
Abstract:
Cover -- Anthropology and the United States Military: Coming of Age in the Twenty-first Century -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Subject, Audience, and Voice -- Chapter 1 Peacekeepers and Politics: Experience and Political Representation Among U.S. Military Officers -- Chapter 2 Medical Risks and the Volunteer Army -- Chapter 3 Guardians of the Golden Age: Custodians of U.S. Military Culture -- Chapter 4 Gender- and Class-Based Role Expectations for Army Spouses -- Chapter 5 Weight Control and Physical Readiness Among Navy Personnel -- Chapter 6 The Military Advisor as Warrior-King and Other "Going Native" Temptations -- Chapter 7 Integrating Diversity and Understanding the Other at the U.S. Naval Academy -- Conclusion: Anthropology and the U.S. Military -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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