TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mittelstadt,Jennifer
TI  - The Rise of the Military Welfare State
SN  - 9780674915374
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - HISTORY / Military / United States
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674915374
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674915374
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674915374/original
ER  -