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    The New Praetorians: American Veterans, Society, and Service from Vietnam to the Forever War

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    The New Praetorians: American Veterans, Society, and Service from Vietnam to the Forever War

    Michael D. Gambone, "The New Praetorians: American Veterans, Society, and Service from Vietnam to the Forever War"
    English | ISBN: 1625346115 | 2021 | 216 pages | PDF | 11 MB

    Contemporary veterans belong to an exclusive American group. Celebrated by most of the country, they are nevertheless often poorly understood by the same people who applaud their service. Following the introduction of an all-volunteer force after the war in Vietnam, only a tiny fraction of Americans now join the armed services, making the contemporary soldier, and the veteran by extension, increasingly less representative of mainstream society. Veterans have come to comprise their own distinct tribe―modern praetorians, permanently set apart from society by what they have seen and experienced.

    In an engrossing narrative that considers the military, economic, political, and social developments affecting military service after Vietnam, Michael D. Gambone investigates how successive generations have intentionally shaped their identity as veterans.
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