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Summary
American Soldiers is the first book to examine the collective social experiences of soldiers in the Iraq War.
Table of Contents
| List of tables | p. xi |
| List of charts | p. xii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| List of acronyms | p. xviii |
| Military ranks and pay grades by branch of service | p. xxi |
| U.S. Army units, number of personnel, composition, and the typical rank of the commander | p. xxii |
| Introduction: American soldiers | p. 1 |
| Creeping banality: the boredom factor and American soldiers | p. 14 |
| Troop morale: the social psychology of American soldiers | p. 30 |
| Fusion and fissure: American soldier attitudes toward social issues | p. 45 |
| Over there: American soldier attitudes toward foreign issues | p. 57 |
| McSoldiers: human tools or innovative professionals? | p. 67 |
| Real G.I. Janes: American female soldiers in war | p. 87 |
| Baghdad calling: soldier communications with other fronts | p. 103 |
| Turning point: Iraq as a change agent for American soldiers | p. 114 |
| Death in the American ranks: class war or equal opportunity | p. 130 |
| Conclusion: soldiers, minds, and American society | p. 151 |
| Appendices | p. 162 |
| Notes | p. 166 |
| Bibliography | p. 176 |
| Index | p. 192 |
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