Fighting Democracy’s Enemies: The Mission of Our Citizen-Soldiers
I once wrote a book about the citizen-soldier tradition in the United States. We have a civilian-controlled military in order to protect our free, democratic society from those who would destroy it. That is why I find it so disturbing when any of our military men and women espouse support for white supremacy, misogyny, or Nazism — all of which are profoundly anti-democratic.Read More »Fighting Democracy’s Enemies: The Mission of Our Citizen-Soldiers