Making Citizen-Soldiers: ROTC and the Ideology of American Military Service Amos Humiston freed slaves

freed slaves

by Lois Lembo and Leon Reed

essential to the story of justice in America

Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered

Reading age: 12 - 15 years

Making Citizen-Soldiers: ROTC and the Ideology of American Military Service Amos Humiston freed slavesBy Micheal Neiberg This book examines the Reserve Officers Training Corps program as a distinctively American expression of the social, cultural, and political meanings of military service. Since 1950, ROTC has produced nearly two out of three American active duty officers, yet there has been no comprehensive scholarly look at civilian officer education programs in nearly forty years. While most modern military systems educate and train junior