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#1457493 in Books Megan Mackenzie 2015-06-17 2015-06-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.98 x .51 x 5.98l; .0 #File Name: 1107628105234 pagesBeyond the Band of Brothers
Review
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Excellent account of an important American mythBy Kirstin HaslerAn excellent; well researched account of the band of brothers myth that dominates American conversations about the military. I might quibble with some of the details; such as how the myth emerged (I'd point to WWI rather than Vietnam); but overall Mackenzie offers a compelling argument supported by solid evidence. While the book is aimed most directly at the combat exclusion; it also has important implications for thinking about why soldiers fight and the roots of combat effectiveness. I highly recommend it.4 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A factual accounting of the prevailing mythBy Angelia K. HolbrookMcKenzie meets her intent to "deconstruct the band of brothers myth in order to change the conversation about war; and to make it more difficult to romanticize and legitimize war" as we idealize it today.She doesn't takes sides just shines light in the dark flimsy arguments that inform policy and practice related to women's roles in the military.Check your opinions at the door - she Joe Friday's the heck out of the issues related to women in combat.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A fascinating examination of a commonly accepted "truth"!By BrandonMacKenzie lays out the parallel and mutually supporting social phenomena that established and then sustained an emotion based policy. Perhaps the best chapter in the book is Chapter 3 where she examines how beliefs and emotions shape policy; often to the detriment of good decision making. In this chapter MacKenzie groups the arguments against women into those that are “gut reactions; divine concerns; and threats to nature.†Then she details how the gut; God and nature are “harnessed†to seemingly objective data. By following MacKenzie’s bread crumb trail one sees how emotion; shaped by cultural norms and beliefs; defied rational logic and sustained a policy of self-deception.This is a fascinating examination of how assumptions about the "natural order" of the human experience are artificially constructed and then perpetuated. It takes great thinkers like MacKenzie to help us deconstruct and analyze the foundations of our lived experiences.
