Conscription in the Twentieth Century John D. Ciorciari veteran China analyst Ethan Gutmann

veteran China analyst Ethan Gutmann has produced a riveting insiders account--culminating in a death toll that will shock the world

noticing gaps in data

even he had to question his own motivation

sharing and coll aborating on a finished product

Drawing on the latest findings in genomics

Conscription in the Twentieth Century John D. Ciorciari veteran China analyst Ethan GutmannThis collection reveals conscription as one of the most powerful and coercive tools of the modern state, a litmus test for the relationship between governments, militaries, and the people they claim to defend. Americans often view their military through the lens of confident exceptionalism a belief that the challenges faced by other nations could never take root in the United States. Our history, we tell ourselves, proves it. Yet a closer look at how