Prodigal Soldiers

In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.

In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.

Essays on the emerging military-civilian divide in the United States.

This book examines how the US Army rebuilt itself after the Vietnam War and how this has effected US intervention policy after the Cold War.

This book shows how the US Army – disoriented by the end of the Cold War and struggling to appease domestic culture wars – spent the 1990s suffering from an identity crisis. This unique work will interest students and scholars of contemporary American military history.