1. The counterrevolution in strategic affairs / Lawrence Freedman -- 2. The U.S. Armed Forces' view of war / Brian McAllister Linn -- 3. Weapons : the growth and spread of the precision-strike regime / Thomas G. Mahnken -- 4. American military culture from colony to empire / Robert L. Goldich -- 5. Manning and financing the twenty-first century all-volunteer force / David R. Segal and Lawrence J. Korb -- 6. Military contractors and the American way of war / Deborah Avant and Rene de Nevers -- 7. Filming war / Jay Winter -- 8. The future of conscription : some comparative reflections / James Sheehan -- 9. Whose army? / Andrew J. Bacevich -- 10. Assessing the all-volunteer force / Karl W. Eikenberry -- 11. Military justice / Charles J. Dunlap Jr -- 12. Women in the U.S. military : the evolution of gender norms and military requirements / Michelle Sandhoff and Mady Wechsler Segal -- 13. Casualties / Jonathan Shay.