America's Army in Crisis: A Study in Civil-Military Relations
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1973. 242, footnotes, bibliography, index, red pencil underlining on several pages, DJ scuffed & wrinkled: edges worn. In Part I of this book, Colonel Hauser considers armies in transition: the German army since World War II, the French army after Algeria, and the British army at the end of Empire. In Part II he considers the U.S. army in transition, and looks at racism, discipline, drugs, recruitment, and professionalism (war crimes, corruption, and careerism). He advocates the creation of two armies: one a specialized fighting force, the other a support army with many of the opportunities and incentives of a civilian organization. Condition: fair to good, fair.
Keywords: U.S. Army, Germany, France, Algeria, Great Britain, British Empire, Racism, Drugs
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