Tropics of Meta, historiography for the masses, has a long form three part review of The Rise of the Military Welfare State.

Read here: https://tropicsofmeta.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/austerity-amidst-a-transforming-military-the-1970s-and-the-all-volunteer-army-in-jennifer-mittelstadts-the-rise-of-the-military-welfare-state-part-i/