Author: Beth Bailey
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-11-23
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0674035364
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →" ... the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War"--Jacket.
Author: Department of Department of the Army
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-12-17
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781505571950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Complementing the Benning Experiment volume, this study describes the work of the Fort Ord Training Center in developing and promoting the concept of a modern volunteer Army through the practical application of policies developed in Washington.
Author: Lt. Harold Moore
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-10-02
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781517627164
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Complementing the Benning Experiment volume, this study describes the work of the Fort Ord Training Center in developing and promoting the concept of a modern volunteer Army through the practical application of policies developed in Washington.
Author: United States Department of the Army
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bernard D. Rostker
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2006-09-08
Total Pages: 833
ISBN-13: 0833040685
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 1960s, 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 decisionmaking. The author participated as an analyst and government policymaker in many of the events covered in this book. His insider status and access offer a behind-the-scenes look at decisionmaking within the Pentagon and White House. The book includes a foreword by former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The accompanying DVD contains more than 1,700 primary-source documents-government memoranda, Presidential memos and letters, staff papers, and reports-linked directly from citations in the electronic version of the book. This unique technology presents a treasure trove of materials for specialists, researchers, and students of military history, public administration, and government affairs to draw upon.
Author: Beth Bailey
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-11-01
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0674053524
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1973, not long after the last American combat troops returned from Vietnam, President Nixon fulfilled his campaign promise and ended the draft. No longer would young men find their futures determined by the selective service system; nor would the U.S. military have a guaranteed source of recruits. America’s Army is the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War. It is also a history of America in the post-Vietnam era. In the Army, America directly confronted the legacies of civil rights and black power, the women’s movement, and gay rights. The volunteer force raised questions about the meaning of citizenship and the rights and obligations it carries; about whether liberty or equality is the more central American value; what role the military should play in American society not only in time of war, but in time of peace. And as the Army tried to create a volunteer force that could respond effectively to complex international situations, it had to compete with other “employers” in a national labor market and sell military service alongside soap and soft drinks. Based on exhaustive archival research, as well as interviews with Army officers and recruiters, advertising executives, and policy makers, America’s Army confronts the political, moral, and social issues a volunteer force raises for a democratic society as well as for the defense of our nation.