Arms and the University

by Ilia Murtazashvili and Donald Alexander Downs

Book Overview

Alienation between the U.S. military and society has grown in recent decades. Such alienation is unhealthy, as it threatens both sufficient civilian control of the military and the long-standing ideal of the "citizen soldier." Nowhere is this issue more predominant than at many major universities, which began turning their backs on the military during the chaotic years of the Vietnam War. Arms and the University probes various dimensions of this alienation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052115670X
• ISBN13: 9780521156707
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"