American Soldiers in Iraq: McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals?

by Ender; Morten G.

• ISBN13: 9780415777889
• ISBN10: 0415777887
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

American Soldiers is the first book to examine the collective social experiences of soldiers in the Iraq War.

Table of Contents

List of tables	p. xi
List of charts	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of acronyms	p. xviii
Military ranks and pay grades by branch of service	p. xxi
U.S. Army units, number of personnel, composition, and the typical rank of the commander	p. xxii
Introduction: American soldiers	p. 1
Creeping banality: the boredom factor and American soldiers	p. 14
Troop morale: the social psychology of American soldiers	p. 30
Fusion and fissure: American soldier attitudes toward social issues	p. 45
Over there: American soldier attitudes toward foreign issues	p. 57
McSoldiers: human tools or innovative professionals?	p. 67
Real G.I. Janes: American female soldiers in war	p. 87
Baghdad calling: soldier communications with other fronts	p. 103
Turning point: Iraq as a change agent for American soldiers	p. 114
Death in the American ranks: class war or equal opportunity	p. 130
Conclusion: soldiers, minds, and American society	p. 151
Appendices	p. 162
Notes	p. 166
Bibliography	p. 176
Index	p. 192
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