The Rise of the Military Welfare State / / Jennifer Mittelstadt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Mittelstadt, Jennifer,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 13 halftones, 1 table
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; INTRODUCTION: The Army Takes Care of Its Own --; 1. Army Benefits in a Free Market Era --; 2. Is Military Service a Job? --; 3. The Threat of a Social Welfare Institution --; 4. Supporting the Military in Reagan’s America --; 5. Army Wives Demand Support --; 6. Securing Christian Family Values --; 7. A Turn to Self-Reliance --; 8. Outsourcing Soldier and Family Support --; EPILOGUE: Army Welfare at War in the Twenty-First Century --; APPENDIX. ABBREVIATIONS. NOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX --; Appendix --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674915374; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674915374
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jennifer Mittelstadt.

After Vietnam the army promised its all-volunteer force a safety net long reserved for career soldiers: medical and dental care, education, child care, financial counseling, housing assistance, legal services. Jennifer Mittelstadt shows how this unprecedented military welfare system expanded at a time when civilian programs were being dismantled.