Review essay: The military and militarization in the United States

American Ethnologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 340-348

  Ben Ari, Eyal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Militarization; Military; United States; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344282894     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2004.31.3.340     Document Type: Review

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