Research Catalog

Title

Service to country : personnel policy and the transformation of Western militaries / Curtis L. Gilroy and Cindy Williams, editors.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Gilroy, Curtis L.
• Williams, Cindy.

Description

xiii, 499 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

BCSIA studies in international security

Uniform Title

BCSIA studies in international security.

Subjects

• Military administration
• Armed Forces > Personnel management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction / Cindy Williams -- Ch. 2. The transformation of European military capability, 1989-2005 / Jolyon Howorth -- Ch. 3. Coping with demography in NATO Europe : military recruitment in times of population decline / Rickard Sandell -- Ch. 4. Impact of NATO membership on military service in the Baltic states / Vaidotas Urbelis -- Ch. 5. The economic case for all-volunteer forces / John T. Warner and Sebastian Negrusa -- Ch. 6. The new Danish model : limited conscription and deployable professionals / Bertel Heurlin -- Ch. 7. General conscription and wartime reserve in Finland / Hannu Herranen -- Ch. 8. An au-volunteer force in disguise : on the transformation of the armed forces in Germany / Gerhard Kummel -- Ch. 9. The transition to an all-volunteer force : the U.S. experience / Bernard D. Rostker and Curtis L. Gilroy -- Ch. 10. Cash and in-kind compensation policies for a volunteer force / Deborah Clay-Mendez -- Ch. 11. The British experience with an all-volunteer force / Keith Hartley -- Ch. 12. Transition to an all-volunteer force : the French experience / Sylvain Daffix, Vincent Medina and Cyr-Denis Nidier -- Ch. 13. The all-volunteer Spanish armed forces / Juan Lopez Diaz -- Ch. 14. Romania's transition to an all-volunteer force : managerial challenges and opportunities / Mihaela Matei -- Ch. 15. Recruitment in a period of transformation : the Italian experience / Domenico Villani -- Ch. 16. Sustaining an effective reserve : implications of the new security environment for reserve forces / Chris Donnelly -- Ch. 17. Transformation of the reserve components of the U.S. armed forces / John D. Winkler, Robert J. St. Onge, Jr., Karen I. McKenney and Jennifer C. Buck -- Ch. 18. Strategic trends for reserves in small European countries : the example of Slovakia / Peter Svec -- Ch. 19. The way ahead : transformation of personnel policies / Curtis L. Gilroy and Cindy Williams.

ISBN

• 0262072769 (alk. paper)
• 9780262072762 (alk. paper)
• 0262572354 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780262572354 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006049441

OCLC

• ocm70176965
• 70176965
• SCSB-5324823

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries