Combat Trauma w/ Nadia Abu El-Haj
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The Rise of the Military Welfare State
Today's military is well resourced, well trained and well led. Many people today might take it for granted, but this is a very different thing than the US military's reputation say half a century ago. As part of the conservative revolution, one had to not just reconstruct the military literally when ends the draft, you have to build a professional institution quote unquote. The argument that is quite explicit among military officers and the Reagan administration is that these are the ideal citizens.
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