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Defending America: Military Culture and the Cold War Court-Martial
Elizabeth Lutes Hillman
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Description for Defending America: Military Culture and the Cold War Court-Martial
Hardback. By examining the Cold War court-martial, this book opens a window on conflicts that divided America at the time, such as the competing demands of work and family and the tension between individual rights and social conformity. Using military justice records, it demonstrates the criminal consequences of the military's violent mission. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
From going AWOL to collaborating with communists, assaulting fellow servicemen to marrying without permission, military crime during the Cold War offers a telling glimpse into a military undergoing a demographic and legal transformation. The post-World War II American military, newly permanent, populated by draftees as well as volunteers, and asked to fight communism around the world, was also the subject of a major criminal justice reform. By examining the Cold War court-martial, Defending America opens a new window on conflicts that divided America at the time, such as the competing demands of work and family and the tension between individual ... Read more
From going AWOL to collaborating with communists, assaulting fellow servicemen to marrying without permission, military crime during the Cold War offers a telling glimpse into a military undergoing a demographic and legal transformation. The post-World War II American military, newly permanent, populated by draftees as well as volunteers, and asked to fight communism around the world, was also the subject of a major criminal justice reform. By examining the Cold War court-martial, Defending America opens a new window on conflicts that divided America at the time, such as the competing demands of work and family and the tension between individual ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Politics and Society in Modern America
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691118048
SKU
V9780691118048
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About Elizabeth Lutes Hillman
Elizabeth Lutes Hillman is Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law, Camden. A veteran of the United States armed forces, she previously taught history at the United States Air Force Academy and at Yale University.
Reviews for Defending America: Military Culture and the Cold War Court-Martial
"Provocative and thought provoking. Hillman's work is singular and will certainly incite lively and productive debate."
William Kautt, Journal of Military History
William Kautt, Journal of Military History