9780060888596 - AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military - And How It Hurts Our Country di Roth-douquet, Kathy; Schaeffer, Frank (23 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition, first printing (all numbers present). Previous owner's gift inscription to Teresa and Bob Casey (former Pennsylvania governor Robert C Casey). Hardcover, fine in fine dustjacket: tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Military; history; autograph; association copy ; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 241 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Text appears nice and clean, but may contain minor marks that we missed. Cover has light shelf and corner wear may have bookstore stickers or be former reference copy. Binding is in very good condition. Looks real nice. 256 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; ISBN: 0060888598. ISBN/EAN: 9780060888596. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561050495.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A look at America's cultural and political elite which is happy to run and control the nation and determine which wars it should fight but which is less willing to serve militarily in its armed conflicts around the world. The authors demonstrate the dangers if this disconnect and offer a wake up call with solutions. Hardcover with dust jacket, 241pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Frank Walsh (Jacket photograph) (illustratore). xii, [2], 241, [1] pages. For Susan, A Real Hero, who knows all about doing one's part to make things better. Thank You for all you do. Warmly, Kathy Roth-Douquet Aug '06. Foreword by Tommy Franks. Also includes Introduction, and Acknowledgments. Chapters include It's Personal; Not for People Like Us: Or How the Privileged See the Military; The Military's View of What it Does; The Emergence of the Gap; The Rights of the Individual Trump the Virtues of the Citizen; How the Gap Affects the Military and the Mission; Why Do We Even Need the Military?; What If We Don't Fix the Problem?; Solutions. Also includes Acknowledgments. Kathryn Roth-Douquet is a writer, lawyer, political activist and Marine Corps wife. She writes on issues of patriotism, engagement, and the military in society. Her recent much lauded best-selling book is AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from the Military and How it Hurts Our Country, co-authored by Frank Schaeffer. It discusses how the country, its decision-making and democracy are hurt by the growing disconnect between those who dominate our political, cultural and professional institutions and those in the military. At the Pentagon, she served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense primarily on defense-reform issues. Her final title was acting Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Affairs and Installations). For her work there she was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. 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. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].