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I want you! : the evolution of the all-volunteer force /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rostker, Bernard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.
Colección:Rand Corporation ; MG-265.
Temas:
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What have we done?: a summary of then and now (1960-2006)
  • The coming of the all-volunteer force (1960-1968)
  • The coming of the all-volunteer force: analytic studies (1960-1968)
  • The president's commission on an all-volunteer armed force
  • the Gates Commission
  • and selective service reform (1969-1970)
  • The studies of the all-volunteer armed force (1969-1970)
  • The Pentagon's response: the Laird and Kelley years (1969-1972)
  • Analytic studies during the initial transition period (1969-1972)
  • Looking toward the future: a new research agenda (1969-1972)
  • The second inning (1973-1976)
  • The second inning: analytic studies (1973-1976)
  • The Carter years: the all-volunteer force in distress (1977-1980)
  • The selective service sideshow (1979-1980)
  • The Carter years: analytic studies (1977-1980)
  • Sustaining the all-volunteer force: the Reagan-Bush years (1981-1992)
  • The role of women in the all-volunteer force
  • The Reagan-Bush years: analytic studies (1981-1992)
  • Pax Americana and the new world order: the Clinton and Bush years (1992-2004)
  • Reaping what you sow: analytic studies of the Clinton and Bush years (1992-2004)
  • Why has the all-volunteer force been a success?