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I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force
By: Bernard D. Rostker , K. C. YehImprint: Rand Corporation
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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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| Title of eBook: I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force | |
| Release Date: 11-01-2002 | |
| Publisher: Rand Corporation |
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I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force
Chapter One
What Have We Done? A Summary of Then and Now (1960-2006)
Lapses in discipline within elements of the Army have caused me serious concern. Some instances have been obvious, grave in nature, and well publicized. These, along with other[s] ... dictate the need to give special attention to the subject throughout the chain of command. - General William C. Westmoreland Chief of Staff, U.S. Army - 1971
We have the finest military on Earth because we have the finest people on Earth, because we recruit and we retain the best that America has to offer. - William S. Cohen Secretary of Defense - 2001
Introduction
As this was being written, in spring 2006, 157,000 American service members were at war: 137,000 in Iraq and 20,000 in Afghanistan. All were volunteers. While some worry about the resiliency of the all-volunteer force during periods of prolonged stress and long-term commitment, and others decry the perceived lack of social representativeness of the all-volunteer force, no one can deny that it is the finest fighting force the United States has ever fielded.
Looking back, there are at least five reasons that the United States moved to an all-volunteer force in 1973. First, the norm throughout American history has been a volunteer military. Second, the size of the eligible population of young men reaching draft age each year in the 1960s was so large and the needs of the military so small in comparison that, in practice, the draft was no longer universal. By the late 1960s, the American system of conscription had lost legitimacy and support among the vast ma
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