America's military today; the challenge of militarism.UA23 2004-049879 1-56584-883-7 America's military today; the challenge of militarism Militarism See also Soldiering. Adrastus leader of the Seven against Thebes. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] Siegfried killed many enemies; led many troops to victory. [Ger. Lit. Nibelungenlied] . Ensign, Tod. The New Press, [c]2004 430 p. $27.95 Drawing on a broad range of sources, from literature to letters from soldiers involved in the occupation of Iraq, Ensign (director, Citizen Soldier, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. GI rights advocacy group) sketches a portrait of life in the US military. The picture that results from his descriptions (with collaborators) of military training, morale in Iraq, misogynistic mi·sog·y·nis·tic also mi·sog·y·nous adj. Of or characterized by a hatred of women. Adj. 1. misogynistic - hating women in particular misogynous ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition and racist treatments of women and minorities, military responses to the use of depleted uranium Depleted Uranium (DU) is uranium remaining after removal of the isotope uranium-235. It is primarily composed of the isotope uranium-238. In the past it was called by the names Q-metal, depletalloy, and D-38, but these have fallen into disuse. and veterans exposed to toxins in the first Gulf War, military justice, involvement in domestic affairs, and the current state of recruitment is not pretty for those concerned about the plight of soldiers, the effectiveness of the military, or even the health of American society. |
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