The US military

This book is a basic guide to the United States military. It provides a starting-point for those with a limited knowledge of this institution. It covers a wide range of subject matter, and ends with a list of suggested resources to aid individual study and research. This book has relevance for students of the U.S. military, U.S. politics, defense studies, and war and conflict studies, and is also of relevance to journalists, NGO staff and diplomats.