TY - BOOK AU - REVERON Derek S AU - STIEHM Judith Hicks TI - Inside defense: understanding the U.S military in the 21st century SN - 9780230602601 (hbk) : PY - 2008/// CY - Basingstoke PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - UNITED STATES KW - ARMED FORCES KW - CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS KW - MILITARY POLICY KW - NATIONAL DEFENCE N2 - Detailed study of the U.S. military, what it is for, and how it interacts with civil society. Among other toppics the book addrersses the increasing range of tasks the military is given including non-combat missions, military diplomacy, intervention and international law, civilian control of the military, women in the military, and the use of private contractors ER -