I want you! : : the evolution of the All-Volunteer Force / / Bernard Rostker.

• Author: Rostker, Bernard.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (833 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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

Table of Contents

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)

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)

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