Dr. Charles C. Moskos Collection

Dr. Charles C. Moskos Collection

Charles C. Moskos (May 20, 1934 – May 31, 2008) was a United States military sociologist and a professor at Northwestern University. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1956 after graduating from Princeton University. He later went on to earn his master's and doctoral degrees from UCLA in 1960 and 1963.

A friend of the Museum & Library, Moskos' estate donated his books and related materials in 2009.

The collection includes approximately 1,500 books and films on recruiting, women's issues, minorities, and the LGBT community in the military. Browse the collection.

Charles Moskos visited the Museum & Library in October 2005 as part of the series "Front & Center with John Callaway." Watch his interview.

Learn more by visiting charlesmoskos.com.

Library Holdings

The transformation of war by Martin Van Creveld (1991)

Strategic challenges : America's global security agenda by Stephen J Flanagan; James A Schear (2008)

Home fires burning : married to the military, for better or worse by Karen Houppert (2005)

Ground zero : the gender wars in the military by Linda Bird Francke (1997)

The soldiers' tale : bearing witness to modern war by Samuel Lynn Hynes (1998)

Civilians and soldiers : achieving better coordination by Bruce Pirnie; Smith Richardson Foundation (1998)

Insurgency and counter-insurgency in Iraq by Ahmed Hashim (2006)

Postmodern war : the new politics of conflict by Chris Hables Gray (1997)

Vietnam, the necessary war : a reinterpretation of America's most disastrous military conflict by Michael Lind (1999)

The perfect soldier by Ralph Peters (1996)

GIs and Frauleins : the German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany by Maria Hohn (2002)

The deer hunter directed by Michael Cimino (1991)

With all our might : a progressive strategy for defeating jihadism and defending liberty by Will Marshall (2006)

Deserter : Bush's war on military families, veterans, and his past by Ian Williams (2004)

Gays and lesbians in the military : issues, concerns, and contrasts by Wilbur J Scott; Sandra Carson Stanley (1994)

Dirty little secrets of the Vietnam War by James F Dunnigan; Albert A Nofi (2000)

A better war : the unexamined victories and final tragedy of America's last years in Vietnam by Lewis Sorley (2000)

Ethnic origins : the adaptation of Cambodian and Hmong refugees in four American cities by Jeremy Hein (2006)

Managing diversity in the military : research perspectives from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute by Mickey R Dansby; James B Stewart; Schuyler C Webb (2001)

Licensed to kill: hired guns in the war on terror