Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War - Hardcover

Axe, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570036608 ISBN 13: 9781570036606

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2007

Synopsis

Axe spent a year interviewing and following the lives of student-cadets and trainers with the USC Gamecock Battalion (""undergrads with guns,"" as he labels them) to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a representative university ROTC program - one of 270 currently in existence. Axe invites us along to witness the quagmire of confusion in a nighttime training exercise, the immersion into procedures and jargon of the classroom, and the high aspirations of candidates at Airborne School. Replete with a vivid account of the annual Ranger Challenge and a campus visit from George W. Bush, Axe's narrative follows the unit through the exercises and experiences that are designed to recast them as junior leaders in America's long war on terrorism. ""Army 101"" is an insider's look at the current state of training and the cultural values being taught to those who will soon join the ranks of nearly ten thousand ROTC graduates already serving in activity duty around the globe.

About this title

About the Author

David Axe is a freelance journalist and war correspondent. His coverage of U.S. military operations in Iraq has been featured on C-SPAN and Salon.com and in the Washington Times and Village Voice. He is the author of War Fix, a graphic novel war memoir. Axe lives in Columbia, South Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570036608
• ISBN 13: 9781570036606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128