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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Palmer Hawkins |
| ISBN: | 0275967387 9780275967383 |
| OCLC Number: | 44713137 |
| Description: | xix, 332 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1 Army of Hope -- 2 "Inside the Fence": -- Community, Army, and Family in Context -- 3 "Ordered to Germany": -- Entry Shock and Its Lingering Impact -- 4 "Danger Forward, Sir!": -- Readiness and the Corruption of Leadership in Military Units -- 5 "Living with the Army": -- Family and Work in Conflict -- 6 "The Army Takes Care of Its Own": -- Breach of the Support for Sacrifice Contract -- 7 "The System Is Totally Screwed to Hell": -- Space-Available Health Care for the Military Family -- 8 "If You Can't Control Your Family": -- Law and Informal Military Control of the Family -- 9 "Little America": -- Islands of Isolation in Germany -- 10 "Living in a Fishbowl": -- Surveillance and Social Control in the Military Community -- 11 "You Gotta Get Away": -- From Taking a Break to Making an Escape -- 12 Army of Alienation -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | John P. Hawkins ; foreword by Faris R. Kirkland. |
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- Sociology, Military -- United States.
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- Sociologie militaire -- États-Unis.
- Sociologie militaire -- Allemagne.
- Bases militaires américaines -- Allemagne.
