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AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- And How It Hurts Our Country Paperback - 2007
by Kathy Roth-Douquet; Frank Schaeffer
It is increasingly the case that the people who make, support, or protest military policy in America have no military experience. This text shows that the lack of connection between the military and the ruling elite is a serious problem for the nation.
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Military service was once taken for granted as a natural part of good citizenship, and Americans of all classes served during wartime.Not anymore.As Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer assert in this groundbreaking work, there is a glaring disconnect between the "all volunteer military" and the rest of us. And as that gap between the cultural "elite" and military rank-and-file widens, our country faces a dangerous lack of understanding between those in power and those who defend our way of life.In America, it is increasingly the case that the people who make, support, or protest military policy have no military experience. As a result, the privileged miss the benefits of military service — leadership, experience helpful to their future roles in public life, and exposure to a broader cross section of citizens — while the military feels under-supported and morally distanced from the rest of the country. And when only a handful of members of Congress have military experience or a personal link to someone in uniform, perhaps it becomes too easy (or too hard) to send the military into combat.Based on research and including the voices of many young military members who understand firsthand the value of service, AWOL is also a very personal book. Frank Schaeffer, father of a former enlisted Marine, knows the anguish and pride that millions of American parents feel every day as their children are off fighting a war in a foreign land. Kathy Roth-Douquet, wife of a career officer, has experienced the struggle of trying to keep the family together with a husband at war as well as the often untold satisfaction of raising children in an ethic of service. To the authors and numerous other families who are intimately acquainted with the glory and the sacrifice of military service, America needs a wake-up call before it's too late.
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- Title AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- And How It Hurts Our Country
- Author Kathy Roth-Douquet; Frank Schaeffer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, NY
- Date 2007-05-01
- ISBN 9780060888602 / 0060888601
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 6.66 x 0.68 in (20.22 x 16.92 x 1.73 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 355.223
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- Christian Century, 05/01/2007, Page 54
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