How The Anti-Woke Campaign Against the U.S. Military Damages National Security

International Security Program Fellow Risa Brooks writes on the consequences of the anti-woke campaign against the U.S. military in War on the Rocks.

Anti-woke criticism of this kind has become a rallying cry of the American right, especially among those who use nationalism and appeals to a version of American nostalgia to unite a fervent base to “renew America.” The military has become a political football in this campaign. The term woke is now grounds for a grab-bag of complaints against it, including the Department of Defense’s climate initiatives and efforts to develop zero-emissions non-tactical vehicles, as well as the purported decline of masculinity and revamping of fitness standards in the ranks.

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