Should the U.S. reinstate the draft? With this inside look at the Pentagon and the White House, the author reviews the American military's transformation over the past thirty years into the world's finest fighting force, and describes why the volunteer force is still the best strategy for our national security. A vast archive of government documents on DVD allows readers to view exchanges between government officials at the highest level-including formally classified memorandum between Presidents and Secretaries of Defense-revealing for the first time the inner story of the All-Volunteer Force.

I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force

Business & Money

Rostker, Bernard

Business Culture

RAND Corporation

This volume documents how the United States military was transformed from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated "volunteers" to a force of professionals revered throughout the world. An accompanying DVD offers a vast archive of primary-source materials, including formerly classified correspondence between senior government officials, linked directly from citations in the electronic version of the book.

For more than three decades, the United States has relied on an allvolunteer force to meet its military needs. This report looks at how the Department of Defense can continue to manage its personnel in times of high levels of deployment and subsequent 3stress.2 It also focuses on the many programs that have been developed to help military members and their families cope during difficult times.

America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty (2007)

Self-Help

Stress Management

Looks at the history of, and lessons learned from, the care of war casualties, veterans, and their families from ancient times through the aftermath of WWII, including the psychological injuries (invisible wounds of war).

Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience through World War II

History

Military

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I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force

I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force

America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty (2007)

Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience through World War II