What a Country Owes Its Soldiers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohamed, Saira.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Legal status, laws, etc.

Soldiers.

Military ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A clarion call to recognize soldiers' rights, arguing that volunteering to fight and die for one's country does not mean consenting to exploitation in the process.American leaders endlessly profess their admiration for military service members.But these effusive declarations hardly comport with reality.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Part I. What Passing-Bells for These Who Die as Cattle?

1. On Accident(S)

2. Orders and Objects

3. Not This War

Interlude

Part II. What Candles May be Held to Speed Them All?

4. Perfect Strangers

5. You Choose, You Lose

6. Soldiers' Rights are Human Rights

7. Fodder for Thought

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Mohamed, Saira What a Country Owes Its Soldiers

ISBN:

9780674306691

OCLC:

1609691668