PART ONE Ethics and Public Service |
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1 Reflections of a Radical Moderate |
Elliot Richardson |
[Attorney General Richardson discusses the special obligation of service to the public.] |
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2 Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up |
E. Walsh |
[Independent Counsel Walsh relates a disastrous series of personal and policy decisions.] |
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PART TWO Liberty, Equality, and Security |
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3 How Democratic Is the American Constitution? |
A. Dahl |
[Dahl asks what ideals a democratic constitution should support, and how effectively the US Constitution does.] |
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4 Can We Be Secure and Free? |
F. Powers |
[A discussion of USA PATRIOT Act and the temptation to restrict due process.] |
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5 Perilous Times |
R. Stone |
[Stone questions whether, and to what degree, free speech may be limited in times of war.] |
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6 War & Press Freedom |
A. Smith |
[Is the free press a 'menace to military operations'?] |
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7 The Empathy Defense |
Lemann |
[Does affirmative action in college admission redress discrimination, or is it discrimination reversed?] |
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PART THREE The Military and Society |
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8 Truman |
McCullough |
[Truman fires McArthur despite popular disapproval of his decision to do so.] |
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9 Fire in the Lake |
FitzGerald |
[To what degree are individuals responsible for their own actions in combat?] |
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10 The Widening Gap Between the Military and Society |
E. Ricks |
[As military society becomes less of a reflection of the broader population, can a distrust develop between military and civilian authority?] |
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11 A Soldier is a Soldier |
Bryant Mariner |
[Captain Mariner (USN) addresses the role of women in combat.] |
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12 Who Will Serve? |
J. Bacevich |
[Can an all-volunteer force effectively substitute for the general obligations of citizens to serve?] |