Arms and the university : military presence and the civic education of non-military students /

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Author / Creator:Downs, Donald Alexander.
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 441 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868776
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Other authors / contributors:Murtazashvili, Ilia, 1975-
ISBN:9781139336321
1139336320
9780511844447
0511844441
9780521192323
0521192323
9780521156707
052115670X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Alienation between the U.S. military and society has grown in recent decades. Such alienation is unhealthy, as it threatens both sufficient civilian control of the military and the long-standing ideal of the citizen soldier. Nowhere is this issue more predominant than at many major universities, which began turning their backs on the military during the chaotic years of the Vietnam War. Arms and the University probes various dimensions of this alienation, as well recent efforts to restore a closer relationship between the military and the university. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, Donald Alexander Downs and Ilia Murtazashvili show how a military presence on campus in the form of ROTC (including a case study of ROTC, ♯s̥ return to Columbia and Harvard universities), military history, and national security studies can enhance the civic and liberal education of non-military students, and in the process help to bridge the civil-military gap"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Downs, Donald Alexander. Arms and the university. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521192323