America's Army

America's Army
Author: Beth Bailey
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674035364

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" ... the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War"--Jacket.

America's Army and the Language of Grunts

America's Army and the Language of Grunts
Author: E. Kelly Taylor
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1438962509

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«a powerful sketch of America's Soldiers depicted in their unique lingo legacy ... «a fascinating array of cultural jargon based on a proud history and known as the language of Grunts ... «compelling leadership lessons built on a legacy fashioned by Warriors, celebrated by Veterans, shared with families, and intriguing to citizens ... «Americans share the pride of ownership -all contributing to the rich cultural lingo of our Nation's Army ... «a timely insight into America's Army and her Citizen Soldiers, viewed through a proud legacy of lingo steeped in tradition and filled with contemporary influences ... the old, and the new ...

America's Digital Army

America's Digital Army
Author: Robertson Allen
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2017
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1496200616

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"America's Digital Army is an ethnographic study of the link between interactive entertainment and military power, drawing on Robertson Allen's fieldwork observing video game developers, military strategists, U.S. Army marketing agencies, and an array of defense contracting companies that worked to produce the official U.S. Army video game, America's Army. Allen uncovers the methods by which gaming technologies such as America's Army, with military funding and themes, engage in a militarization of American society that constructs everyone, even nonplayers of games, as virtual soldiers available for deployment. America's Digital Army examines the army's desire for "talented" soldiers capable of high-tech work; beliefs about America's enemies as reflected in the game's virtual combatants; tensions over best practices in military recruiting; and the sometimes overlapping cultures of gamers, game developers, and soldiers. Allen reveals how binary categorizations such as soldier versus civilian, war versus game, work versus play, and virtual versus real become blurred--if not broken down entirely--through games and interactive media that reflect the U.S. military's ludic imagination of future wars, enemies, and soldiers."--

America's Digital Army

America's Digital Army
Author: Robertson Allen
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2017-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0803285299

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"An ethnographic study based on scholar Robertson Allen's years of behind-the-scenes ethnographic fieldwork within the work environments of the video game developers, military strategists, enlisted soldiers, and defense contractors who produced the official U.S. Army video game, "America's Army.""--

Scales on War

Scales on War
Author: Bob Scales
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1626741034

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Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales’ unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current events and his philosophy of ground warfare to create a very personal and expansive view of where Americn defense policies are heading in the future. The book is a collection. Each chapter addresses distinct topics that embrace tactical ground warfare, future gazing, the draft and the role of women in the infantry. His uniting thesis is that throughout its history the United States has favored a technological approach to fighting its wars and has neglected its ground forces. America’s enemies have learned though the experience of battle how to defeat American technology. The consequences of a learning and adaptive enemy has been a continuous string of battlefield defeats. Scales argues that only a resurgent land force of Army and Marine small units will restore America’s fighting competence.

Recruiter Journal

Recruiter Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2007
Genre:
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The Downsized Warrior

The Downsized Warrior
Author: David McCormick
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1998-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780814755846

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A former Army officer and Gulf War veteran takes a critical look at the adverse effects of downsizing on the U.S. Army. Though executed with compassion and precision, downsizing undermines morale and threatens the Army at its core. David McCormick demonstrates how the Army's experience in downsizing is instructive for all organizations--government, corporate, and nonprofit alike.

Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel)

Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel)
Author: Alan Gratz
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2023-01-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 133877591X

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz delivers an all-new, original Captain America graphic novel! In this thrilling historical adventure, 18 year-old Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes are fighting in WWII when they encounter a threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace. How can Cap and Buck fight something that's already dead? And just what does the mysterious Baron Mordo, sitting in his castle atop nearby Wundagore Mountain have to do with this? Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee, Ground Zero) merges the worlds of historical fiction and super hero comics in this one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is sure to be met with major enthusiasm from fans of all ages.

America's Forgotten Army

America's Forgotten Army
Author: Charles Whiting
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2001-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780312976552

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This first book to examine the World War II exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army traces its initial combat in Sicily through its invasion of southern France and its capture of Hitler's "Eagle's Nest". The author also chronicles the men who risked their lives for the Seventh -- from Patton to Audie Murphy, America's most decorated fighting man -- and offers blow-by-blow accounts of the army's battles.

The School of the Americas

The School of the Americas
Author: Lesley Gill
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2004-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780822333920

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DIVTransnational ethnography and history of the School of the Americas, analyzing the military, peasant, and activist cultures that are linked by this institution. /div