A Nation in Barracks: Modern Germany, Military Conscription and Civil Society.1859738818 A nation in barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. ; modern Germany, military conscription conscription, compulsory enrollment of personnel for service in the armed forces. Obligatory service in the armed forces has existed since ancient times in many cultures, including the samurai in Japan, warriors in the Aztec Empire, citizen militiamen in ancient and civil society. Frevert, Ute. Berg Publishers 2004 322 pages $79.95 Hardcover UB342 Ute Frevert Ute Frevert is professor of German history at Yale University. She is a specialist in modern Germany, with a interest in social history. She was previously on the faculty of the University of Berlin, the University of Konstanz, and the University of Bielefeld in Germany, and also (Yale U.) examines how military-civil relations have evolved in Germany during the last two hundred years. Particular attention is paid to the relationship of military conscription to state citizenship State citizenship usually refers to citizenship of one of the states of United States of America. Citizenship was initially defined by Article 4 of the United States Constitution, and later clarified by the 14th Amendment, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the , nation building, gender formation, and the concept of violence. Coverage spans from the early nineteenth century, when conscription was first used in Prussia, through the massive military mobilization of the Third Reich and on through the two Germanies of the post-1949 period. Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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