The camouflaged safety net: The U.S. Armed Forces as welfare state institution

Social Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-399

  Gifford, Brian ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 33750126673     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxl003     Document Type: Review

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