U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

This work is a fascinating overview of Americans' complex and occasionally uneasy relationship with military service, from World War II to the age of global terrorism.

• Up-to-the-minute coverage of personalities including important figures from the war on terrorism and an extensive list of resources, including print and electronic media and blogs

• Primary documents include a speech by Bill Clinton on gays in the military and a transcript from an NPR interview with Donald Rumsfeld