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Title

The all-volunteer force : thirty years of service / edited by Barbara A. Bicksler, Curtis L. Gilroy, John T. Warner ; foreword by Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, 2004

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Additional Authors

• Bicksler, Barbara A.
• Gilroy, Curtis L.
• Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-
• Warner John T.

Description

xii, 384 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

All volunteer force

Subject

• Military service, Voluntary > United States
• United States > Recruiting, enlistment, etc

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword / Donald H. Rumsfeld -- pt. 1. The all-volunteer force in perspective. Introduction / Melvin R. Laird -- Reflections from the Gates Commission / Frederick B. Dent [and others] -- The making of the all-volunteer force / Martin Anderson -- The Gates Commission: right for the wrong reasons / Bernard D. Rostker -- Reflections on managing the all-volunteer force: past and future / John P. White -- No more greetings / Walter Y. Oi -- pt. 2. Sustaining the force: recruiting and retention. Introduction / Christopher Jehn -- Sustaining the force in an era of transformation / Paul F. Hogan, Curtis J. Simon, John T. Warner -- Manpower quality in the all-volunteer force / David J. Armor, Paul R. Sackett -- The effects of socioeconomic change on the all-volunteer force: past, present, and future / Martha Farnsworth Riche, Aline Quester -- Commentary / Dennis D. Cavin [and others] --^
• pt. 3. Reserve component contributions to the all-volunteer force. Introduction / William A. Navas Jr. -- The all-volunteer force: an employer's perspective / Robert K. Steel -- From the home front to the front lines: U.S. Reserve forces answer the call to duty / Edward L. Schrock -- Manning the force while at war: a critical challenge / James R. Helmly -- The Reserves and the Guard: standing in the civil-military gap before and after 9/11 / Peter D. Feaver, David P. Filer, Paul Gronke -- Commentary / Reginald J. Brown, Thomas F. Hall -- pt. 4. Transformation in military manpower and personnel policy. Introduction / Ken Krieg -- Looking to the future: what does transformation mean for military manpower and personnel policy? / Beth J. Asch, James R. Hosek -- A "continuum of service" for the all-volunteer force / John D. Winkler [and others] -- Toward a new balance in military capabilities / Arthur K. Cebrowski -- Commentary / Patricia A. Tracey, Michael L. Dominguez, Heather Wilson --^
• pt. 5. The next decade. Observations on a remarkable transformation / Paul Wolfowitz -- Thirty years of an all-volunteer force: personal observations / John W. Vessey Jr. -- A bigger force or a smaller empire / Ed Dorn -- The all-volunteer force: resilient and perishable / Rudy de Leon -- Looking ahead: the 40th anniversary / David S.C. Chu.

ISBN

• 1574889192 (hardcover)
• 1574889206 (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library