Our Army : : Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations / / Jason K. Dempsey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Dempsey, Jason K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 20 line illus. 52 tables.

Conventional wisdom holds that the American military is overwhelmingly conservative and Republican, and extremely political. Our Army paints a more complex picture, demonstrating that while army officers are likely to be more conservative, rank-and-file soldiers hold political views that mirror thos...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Soldiers And Politics
• Chapter 3. An Overview Of Army Demographics
• Chapter 4. Social And Political Attitudes
• Chapter 5. Conservatism
• Chapter 6. Party Affiliation In The Army
• Chapter 7. Political Participation
• Chapter 8. The Army's Next Generation
• Chapter 9. Army Attitudes In 2004 And Beyond
• Chapter 10. The Way Forward
• Update: The 2008 Election
• Appendix A. Citizenship and Service: 2004 Survey of Army Personnel
• Appendix B. The 2004 Cadet Preelection Survey
• Appendix C. Comparison Surveys
• Appendix D. The Virtual Army and Virtual Officer Corps
• Appendix E. Rules Governing Political Participation of Members of The Army
• Appendix F. Adjutant General's Absentee Voting Message
• Bibliography
• Index