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On the military

Douglas L. Kriner (BU) and Francis X. Shen (Minnesota): Invisible Inequality: The Two Americas of Military Sacrifice. The fighter: The Marine Corps taught Sam Siatta how to shoot, the war in Afghanistan taught him how to kill — nobody taught him how to come home. Janelle M. Langan (Georgetown): PTSD in Military Service Members: To Care for Him Who Shall Have Borne the Battle. Full Metal Racket: The number-one disability among vets isn’t PTSD — and it’s getting worse every year. David Spencer on how the U.S. military needs a major makeover. Trump's plan to spend more on the military may actually put US national security at greater risk. Must it always be wartime? Kenneth Roth reviews How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks.