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Professionals on the front line : Two decades of the all-volunteer force

Title
Professionals on the front line : Two decades of the all-volunteer force / edited by J. Eric Fredland, Curtis Gilroy, Roger D. Little, and W. S. Sellman.
Publication
Washington : Brassey's, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Fredland, J. Eric.
  • Little, Roger, 1939-
  • Gilroy, Curtis.
  • Sellman, W. S.
  • United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Force Management and Personnel.
  • United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)
  • Association of the United States Army.
Description
x, 326 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Papers from a conference held at the U.S. Naval Academy, Sep. 15-17, 1993, which was sponsored by the Offices of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
  • Pt. I. Policy Issues. 1. Sustaining the All-Volunteer Force / Edwin Dorn. 2. The Readiness Challenge / Joseph J. Went. 3. The Volunteer Force and the Burden of Peace / Gordon R. Sullivan -- Pt. II. Yesterday's Perspective: Twenty Years of the All-Volunteer Force -- Introduction / I. M. Greenberg. 4. Historical Perspectives on the All-Volunteer Force: The Rochester Connection / Walter Y. Oi. 5. On Being All You Can Be: A Recruiting Perspective / Maxwell R. Thurman. 6. The All-Volunteer Force After Twenty Years / Mark J. Eitelberg. 7. Our Nation's Reserve Forces: Where Do We Go from Here? / Kenneth J. Coffey -- Commentary / James R. Hosek and Martin Binkin -- Pt. III. Today's Environment: Force Management Issues -- Introduction / Wallace C. Arnold. 8. Managing the Force Drawdown / Nicolai Timenes, Jr. 9. Structure and Readiness of Future Active and Reserve Forces / Harry J. Thie and Bernard D. Rostker.
  • 10. Should the Military Retirement System Be Reformed? / Beth J. Asch and John T. Warner -- Commentary / Robert M. Emmerichs, Neil M. Singer and David W. Grissmer -- Pt. IV. Today's Environment: Social Composition and the Role of the Military in American Society -- Introduction / Robert M. Alexander. 11. Social Representation in the Military: A Reassessment / Richard I. Fernandez. 12. Women in the Military / Mimi Finch. 13. Women, Men, and Soldiering After the Cold War / Cynthia H. Enloe -- Commentary / Marsha J. Evans and Jeanne B. Fites -- Pt. V. Tomorrow's Challenges: The Military's Response to a Changing World Order -- Introduction / G. Kim Wincup. 14. The American Military's Response to a Changing World Order: What Does It Imply for Manpower Requirements? / David S. C. Chu. 15. Panel Discussion: New Roles and Missions for Military Personnel / Deborah Roche Lee, Christopher Jehn and Lawrence J. Korb.
ISBN
1574880039 :
OCLC
ocm35452710
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries