What do YOU think about when you hear the word "military?" Unjust wars? Just ones? An uncomfortably large chunk of the national budget? Whatever your opinions or your personal connection to the military, our speaker this morning will offer an un-usual perspective on the subject. lt;brgt;lt;brgt;Mary Wertsch, who grew up in an Army infantry family, needed to read a book that would help put her own childhood in perspective. When she couldn't find one, she decided to write it. A former investigative journalist, she interviewed 80 adults who grew up in career military families, looking for patterns in their childhoods and in how they conducted their adult lives. The resulting book describes a cultural shaping so powerful that it unites these children of warriors across lines of gender, race, and class-and forever sets them apart from their civilian peers. lt;brgt;lt;brgt;Come hear about this radically different culture through the eyes of its children; and learn how Mary Wertsch's personal quest revealed a powerful truth she had not foreseen, with implications not only for adult military brats, but for how civilians can approach an ethical relationship with the armed forces.