America's Army : making the all-volunteer force /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Individual freedom and the obligations of citizenship
- Repairing the Army
- The Army in the marketplace
- Race, "quality," and the hollow Army
- "If you like Ms., you'll love Pvt."
- The all-recruited Army
- The Army as social good
- The warrior ethos.
