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The inheritance : America's military after two decades of war / Mara E. Karlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karlin, Mara E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armed Forces.
- Military policy.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--History--21st century.
- United States--Military policy.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Exploring how the U.S.military can move beyond Iraq and Afghanistan Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the U.S.military has been fighting incessantly in conflicts around the globe, often with inconclusive results.The legacies of these conflicts have serious implications for how the United States will wage war in the future.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Why Should We Care: Legacy, Myth, and Memory
- The Military's Sense of Itself: The Crisis of Confidence
- The Military's Relationship to Society: The Crisis of Caring
- The Military's Relationship with Its Overseers: The Crisis of Meaningful Civilian Control
- How the Military Goes to War
- How the Military Wages War
- Who Serves in the Military
- Who Leads the Military
- The Military's Preparedness for Future Conflicts
- Now What?
- Brief Chronology of the Post-9/11 Wars
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-5180-X
- 0-8157-3845-5
- OCLC:
- 1272989746
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