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n. - Amusement with armed services themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated.

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  • Over at Foreign Policy, there's a neat retrospective of "militainment" -- entertainment or educational games with a military theme.
  • As someone who has been railing about the fictional quality of so much news reporting from Iraq, and the 'militainment' that has so distorted understanding of the...
  • We couldn't wage our current wars without the all-volunteer military whose recruitment goals get fed every year by idealistic young people, who continue, despite all...
  • Foreign Policy journal article that the "militainment" phenomenon can lead to greater distortions in how people view war.
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