The Rise of the Military Welfare State
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The Rise of the Military Welfare State by Jennifer Mittelstadt
After Vietnam the army promised its all-volunteer force a safety net long reserved for career soldiers: medical and dental care, education, child care, financial counseling, housing assistance, legal services. Jennifer Mittelstadt shows how this unprecedented military welfare system expanded at a time when civilian programs were being dismantled.
Jennifer Mittelstadt offers a disturbing view of the armed forces as a high-value target in political clashes over public assistance… Politicians have pitted the military against civilians in the battle over social benefits, while barely attending to the needs of service members and their families-- Martha Saxton * The Nation *
The Rise of the Military Welfare State is a thought-provoking examination of growing U.S. militarism and the economic costs of the transition from a conscripted to an all-volunteer (or all-mercenary) force. It will interest policy-makers, military professionals, and, not least, the taxpayers who have subsidized American military endeavors over the past forty years. -- Christopher Rein * Michigan War Studies Review *
A truly important book. Mittelstadt shows how the military welfare state has contributed substantially to upward mobility for both soldiers and their families. Her excellent account is especially crucial today, when outsourcing and privatization threaten the standards of living of service members and civilians alike. -- Linda Gordon, New York University
Mittelstadt describes the emergence of a khaki safety net extolled as tangible evidence of the nation’s commitment to its soldiers’ well-being, and she traces how this support system was undermined by a combination of military and civilian agendas. This is a provocative, informed, and disturbing book that provides an essential perspective on the modern U.S. armed forces. -- Brian M. Linn, author of The Echo of Battle
The Rise of the Military Welfare State is a thought-provoking examination of growing U.S. militarism and the economic costs of the transition from a conscripted to an all-volunteer (or all-mercenary) force. It will interest policy-makers, military professionals, and, not least, the taxpayers who have subsidized American military endeavors over the past forty years. -- Christopher Rein * Michigan War Studies Review *
A truly important book. Mittelstadt shows how the military welfare state has contributed substantially to upward mobility for both soldiers and their families. Her excellent account is especially crucial today, when outsourcing and privatization threaten the standards of living of service members and civilians alike. -- Linda Gordon, New York University
Mittelstadt describes the emergence of a khaki safety net extolled as tangible evidence of the nation’s commitment to its soldiers’ well-being, and she traces how this support system was undermined by a combination of military and civilian agendas. This is a provocative, informed, and disturbing book that provides an essential perspective on the modern U.S. armed forces. -- Brian M. Linn, author of The Echo of Battle
Jennifer Mittelstadt is Professor of History at Rutgers University and Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army War College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674286139 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674286138 |
| Title | The Rise of the Military Welfare State |
| Author | Jennifer Mittelstadt |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2015-10-12 |
| Number of pages | 344 |
| Prizes | Nominated for David Montgomery Award 2016, Nominated for Merle Curti Award 2016, Nominated for Ellis W. Hawley Prize 2016, Nominated for Distinguished Book Award - Military History 2016, Nominated for Francis Parkman Prize 2016, Nominated for Mark Lynton History Prize 2016, Nominated for Henry Adams Prize 2016, Nominated for Allan Sharlin Memorial Award 2016, Nominated for ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2017, Nominated for Littleton-Griswold Prize 2016 |
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