David Kennedy speech - David Kenndy talks about American Army - An Invitation to Struggle - Stanford historian David Kennedy

Pulitzer Prize-winning Stanford historian David Kennedy sees Americas all-volunteer military as lean, lethal, and far too easy to send into battle. He argues that we have an army whose character tempts the political leadership to treat it as if it were a mercenary force.. He sees a lack of accountability by elected leaders, which is an outgrowth of the lack of participation by the public in the decision to go to war, and the absence of any need for real sacrifice on the part of the populace once war has begun. Series: UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures