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| Soort document: | Boek |
|---|---|
| Alle auteurs / medewerkers: |
Beth L Bailey |
| ISBN: | 9780674035362 0674035364 |
| OCLC-nummer: | 316037930 |
| Beschrijving: | xi, 319 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Inhoud: | 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. |
| Verantwoordelijkheid: | Beth Bailey. |
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Beth Bailey has written an accessible and informative history of the [All-Volunteer Force]. It's a valuable reference work for anyone interested in the armed forces. The book has added value today, given the strain under which the military has found itself in fighting lengthy insurgencies in both Afghanistan and Iraq. -- Doug Bandow Washington Times 20091223 This excellent analytical history is particularly timely. It thoroughly surveys the volunteer force's emergence from the so-called "hollow army" over the past decades, and it analyzes such specific issues as the effect on gender roles of the greater number of women in service, the effect on career patterns due to the absence of a draft, and how to instill the warrior ethos, assuming that that is still necessary in an age of high-tech combat. The ultimate questions raised are whether the all-volunteer force doesn't sacrifice civic responsibility to individual liberty and what the answer to that question implies. Intensely serious, painstakingly thorough, and deserving addition to collections concerned with military and current affairs. -- Roland Green Booklist 20091007 Meer lezen...
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- United States. -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- Military service, Voluntary -- United States.
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