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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 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.
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Contents
Chapter One:
What Have We Done? A Summary of Then and Now (1960–2004) HTML
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) HTML
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?
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