I Want You!

I Want You!
Title I Want You! PDF eBook
Author Bernard D. Rostker
Publisher Rand Corporation
Pages 833
Release 2006-09-08
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0833040685

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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.

America's Army

America's Army
Title America's Army PDF eBook
Author Beth Bailey
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 352
Release 2009-11-23
Genre History
ISBN 0674035364

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" ... the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War"--Jacket.

The All-volunteer Force

The All-volunteer Force
Title The All-volunteer Force PDF eBook
Author Barbara A. Bicksler
Publisher Potomac Books
Pages 408
Release 2004
Genre History
ISBN

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Can America continue to maintain its military commitments without conscription?

The All-volunteer Military

The All-volunteer Military
Title The All-volunteer Military PDF eBook
Author Heidi L. W. Golding
Publisher
Pages 52
Release 2007
Genre Draft
ISBN

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Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan

Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan
Title Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan PDF eBook
Author Institute of Medicine
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 193
Release 2010-03-31
Genre Medical
ISBN 0309152852

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Nearly 1.9 million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Many service members and veterans face serious challenges in readjusting to normal life after returning home. This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.

Twenty Years of Service

Twenty Years of Service
Title Twenty Years of Service PDF eBook
Author Brandon J. Archuleta
Publisher University Press of Kansas
Pages 280
Release 2020-08-06
Genre History
ISBN 0700629769

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Military pension policies are as old as the republic itself and reside at the intersection of American social, economic, and defense policy. But as the nation’s social and economic circumstances underwent dramatic changes over the last half century, military pension policy remained static, stuck in the personnel and retirement model of the industrial age. This book examines why. Integrating policy history, theory, and practice, Twenty Years of Service provides the most comprehensive examination of US military pension policy in a generation. Brandon J. Archuleta sets the stage with an exploration of the rise, evolution, and transformation of the veterans’ policy subsystem from the American Revolution through World War II. The ensuing theoretical overview explains how the military personnel policy subsystem achieved the autonomy it enjoyed from 1948 to 2018; it also offers a new perspective on autonomous policy subsystems in general, which helps to account for the long-term pension policy stasis. In practical terms, Archuleta explores the role of the successful 2015 Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission as an institutional venue for policy change during the congressional budget battles of the 2010s. Through extensive archival research, illustrative case studies, and field interviews with Pentagon bureaucrats, congressional staffers, veterans’ lobbyists, defense scholars, and journalists, Twenty Years of Service brings the policymaking process to life. Its insights will prove invaluable to policy scholars and defense practitioners alike.

Bleeding Talent

Bleeding Talent
Title Bleeding Talent PDF eBook
Author T. Kane
Publisher Springer
Pages 276
Release 2017-07-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 113751129X

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Shaping the debate on how to save the military from itself. The first part recognizes what the military has done well in attracting and developing leadership talent. The book then examines the causes and consequences of the modern military's stifling personnel system and offers solutions for attracting and retaining top talent.