Introduction -- It's personal -- "Not people like us" : or how the privileged see the military -- The military's view of what it does -- The emergence of the gap -- The rights of the individual trump the virtues of the citizen -- How the gap affects the military and the mission -- Why do we even need the military? -- What if we don't fix the problem? -- Solutions.
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Examines the increasing problem resulting from the fact that the people who make, support, or protest military policy have no military experience, analyzing the disconnect between military service and the privileged elite.
Elite (Social sciences)-- United States-- History-- 21st century.
Military service, Voluntary-- United States.
Upper class-- United States-- History-- 21st century.