The US military
Subtitle: a basic introduction
By: Judith Hicks Stiehm
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780415782142; 9780415782159; 9780203128008
Subjects: Military policy; Armed Forces
Description: This book is a basic guide to the United States military. It provides a starting-point for those with a limited knowledge of this institution. It covers a wide range of subject matter, and ends with a list of suggested resources to aid individual study and research. This book has relevance for students of the U.S. military, U.S. politics, defense studies, and war and conflict studies, and is also of relevance to journalists, NGO staff and diplomats.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The A, B, Cs; title: The services and their missions; title: Regular, Reserve, National Guard forces; title: Demographics; title: Customs and courtesies; title: Lifestyle and culture; title: Legal bases; title: Rank; title: Uniforms; title: Command structures; title: Military specialties; title: Compensation and benefits; title: Strategy and doctrine; title: National security strategy: diplomacy, economic measures, force; title: National military strategy: the threat v capabilities; title: Service doctrines, service manuals; title: The military in action; title: Recruitment, training, education; title: Planning and research; title: Intelligence; title: Diplomacy; title: Military to military contacts; title: Training and advising around the globe; title: Uses of the military: humanitarian aid, intervention, surveillance and more; title: Conducting war; title: Weapons and capabilities; title: Nuclear weapons: air and space, on and under the sea, on land; title: Primary weapons by service; title: Capabilities; title: Force protection; title: The budget; title: Procedures and allocations; title: Contracting and outsourcing; title: Military sales; title: The black budget; title: Policy questions for citizens; title: The national interest; title: Sovereignty; title: Duty to protect; title: Risk; title: International law and ethical requirements (includes torture, civilian casualties); title: Conscription/representativeness; title: Service by women, gays and lesbians, non-citizens; title: Role of retirees.