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The Rise of the Military Welfare State / Jennifer Mittelstadt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (344 p.) : 13 halftones, 1 tableContent type:
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  • 9780674915374
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Army Takes Care of Its Own -- 1. Army Benefits in a Free Market Era -- 2. Is Military Service a Job? -- 3. The Threat of a Social Welfare Institution -- 4. Supporting the Military in Reagan’s America -- 5. Army Wives Demand Support -- 6. Securing Christian Family Values -- 7. A Turn to Self-Reliance -- 8. Outsourcing Soldier and Family Support -- EPILOGUE: Army Welfare at War in the Twenty-First Century -- APPENDIX. ABBREVIATIONS. NOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Army Takes Care of Its Own -- 1. Army Benefits in a Free Market Era -- 2. Is Military Service a Job? -- 3. The Threat of a Social Welfare Institution -- 4. Supporting the Military in Reagan’s America -- 5. Army Wives Demand Support -- 6. Securing Christian Family Values -- 7. A Turn to Self-Reliance -- 8. Outsourcing Soldier and Family Support -- EPILOGUE: Army Welfare at War in the Twenty-First Century -- APPENDIX. ABBREVIATIONS. NOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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