I want you! : the evolution of the All-Volunteer Force / / Bernard Rostker.
As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military transformed itself over the past five decades, from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated ""volunteers"&quo...
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505 | 0 | |a Cover; Author Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter One - What Have We Done? A Summary of Then and Now (1960-2006); Chapter Two - The Coming of the All-Volunteer Force (1960-1968); Chapter Three - The Coming of the All-Volunteer Force: Analytic Studies (1960-1968); Chapter Four - The President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force-the Gates Commission-and Selective Service Reform (1969-1970); Chapter Five - The Studies of the All-Volunteer Armed Force (1969-1970); Chapter Six - The Pentagon's Response:The Laird and Kelley Years (1969-1972) | |
505 | 8 | |a Chapter Seven - Analytic Studies During the Initial Transition Period(1969-1972)Chapter Eight - Looking Toward the Future: A New Research Agenda (1969-1972); Chapter Nine - The Second Inning (1973-1976); Chapter Ten - The Second Inning:Analytic Studies (1973-1976); Chapter Eleven - The Carter Years:The All-Volunteer Force in Distress (1977-1980); Chapter Twelve - The Selective Service Sideshow (1979-1980); Chapter Thirteen - The Carter Years: Analytic Studies (1977-1980); Chapter Fourteen - Sustaining the All-Volunteer Force:The Reagan-Bush Years (1981-1992) | |
505 | 8 | |a Chapter Fifteen - The Role of Women in the All-Volunteer Force Chapter Sixteen - The Reagan-Bush Years:Analytic Studies (1981-1992); Chapter Seventeen - Pax Americana and the New World Order:The Clinton and Bush Years (1992-2004); Chapter Eighteen - Reaping What You Sow: Analytic Studies of the Clinton and Bush Years(1992-2004); Chapter Nineteen - Why Has the All-Volunteer Force Been a Success?; Index | |
520 | |a As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military transformed itself over the past five decades, from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated ""volunteers"" to a force of professionals revered throughout the world. Starting in the early 1960's, this account runs through the current war in Iraq, with alternating chapters on the history of the all-volunteer force and the analytic background that supported decision making. The author participated as an analyst and government | ||
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504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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