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The rise of the military welfare state

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 ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mittelstadt, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London Harvard University Press 2015, ©2015
Subjects:
United States. Army > social Services > contracting Out
United States. Army > military Life > history > 20th Century
Military Social Work > united States
Soldiers > united States > social Conditions > 20th Century
Families Of Military Personnel > united States > social Conditions > 20th Century
Families Of Military Personnel > services For > united States > history > 20th Century
Military Spouses > united States > history > 20th Century
Sociology, Military > united States
Welfare State > united States > history > 20th Century
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:332 pages
ISBN:978-0-674-91537-4

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