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Arms and the university : military presence and the civic education of non-military students / Donald Alexander Downs and Ilia Murtazashvili.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xiii, 441 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780521156707
- 355.2232071173 DOW
Contents:
Summary: "Alienation between the U.S. military and society has grown in recent decades. Such alienation is unhealthy, as it threatens both sufficient civilian control of the military and the long-standing ideal of the citizen soldier. Nowhere is this issue more predominant than at many major universities, which began turning their backs on the military during the chaotic years of the Vietnam War. Arms and the University probes various dimensions of this alienation, as well recent efforts to restore a closer relationship between the military and the university. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, Donald Alexander Downs and Ilia Murtazashvili show how a military presence on campus in the form of ROTC (including a case study of ROTC, ♯s̥ return to Columbia and Harvard universities), military history, and national security studies can enhance the civic and liberal education of non-military students, and in the process help to bridge the civil-military gap.
I.A Normative and pedagogical framework
Introduction: the closing of the university mind: the military/university gap and the problem of civic and liberal education
Education in the regime: how a military presence can enhance civic and liberal education
II. ROTC and the University
ROTC and the university: an introduction
ROTC and the Ivies: before the storm
ROTC and the Ivies: the divorce
ROTC, Columbia, and the Ivy League: Sisyphus renews his quest to renew a troubled relationship
Post-DADT: Sisyphus ascends the mountain
Pedagogy and military presence: the educational influence of student-soldiers in their own words
Winning hearts and minds?: The consequences of military presence for non-military students
III. Military history examined
Military history: an endangered or protected species?
Half empty or half full?: Military historians' perspectives on the status of military history and the leading departments
Military presence in security studies: political realism (re)considered
Security studies in the wake of the Cold War university: paragons of productive fiction, or throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Concluding thoughts
Conclusion: placing the military in the university.
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 355.2232071173 DOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 226740 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I.A Normative and pedagogical framework
Introduction: the closing of the university mind: the military/university gap and the problem of civic and liberal education
Education in the regime: how a military presence can enhance civic and liberal education
II. ROTC and the University
ROTC and the university: an introduction
ROTC and the Ivies: before the storm
ROTC and the Ivies: the divorce
ROTC, Columbia, and the Ivy League: Sisyphus renews his quest to renew a troubled relationship
Post-DADT: Sisyphus ascends the mountain
Pedagogy and military presence: the educational influence of student-soldiers in their own words
Winning hearts and minds?: The consequences of military presence for non-military students
III. Military history examined
Military history: an endangered or protected species?
Half empty or half full?: Military historians' perspectives on the status of military history and the leading departments
Military presence in security studies: political realism (re)considered
Security studies in the wake of the Cold War university: paragons of productive fiction, or throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Concluding thoughts
Conclusion: placing the military in the university.
"Alienation between the U.S. military and society has grown in recent decades. Such alienation is unhealthy, as it threatens both sufficient civilian control of the military and the long-standing ideal of the citizen soldier. Nowhere is this issue more predominant than at many major universities, which began turning their backs on the military during the chaotic years of the Vietnam War. Arms and the University probes various dimensions of this alienation, as well recent efforts to restore a closer relationship between the military and the university. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, Donald Alexander Downs and Ilia Murtazashvili show how a military presence on campus in the form of ROTC (including a case study of ROTC, ♯s̥ return to Columbia and Harvard universities), military history, and national security studies can enhance the civic and liberal education of non-military students, and in the process help to bridge the civil-military gap.