Who Serves? The American All-Volunteer Force
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Who Serves? The American All-Volunteer Force. / Schaub Jr, Gary John; Lowther, Adam.
Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure and Policy . ed. / Stephen Cimbala. London : Ashgate, 2012. p. 115-138.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Who Serves? The American All-Volunteer Force
AU - Schaub Jr, Gary John
AU - Lowther, Adam
N1 - Schaub, Gary Jr. and Adam Lowther. “Who Serves? The American All-Volunteer Force,” in Stephen J. Cimbala, editor, Civil-Military Relations in Perspective: Strategy, Structure, and Policy, (London: Ashgate, 2012).
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Who serves in the military? When the United States ended conscription and began to acquire its military personnel voluntarily, significant concerns were voiced. Would the military attract sufficient and appropriate personnel? Would the self-selected force reflect American society in terms of demographics, socio-economic origin, and ideology? Or would the force become increasingly separate and alienated from American society, maneuver to become politically independent from civil authority, and perhaps endanger the polity? We address these issues by discussing the underlying choice made by the U.S. government when it opted for an all-volunteer force, reviewing many of the concerns raised about consequences of this choice, assessing the degree to which these occurred and whether they still affect the force through an analysis of its demographic profile, and discussing concerns raised about the current force by the leadership of the Department of Defense.
AB - Who serves in the military? When the United States ended conscription and began to acquire its military personnel voluntarily, significant concerns were voiced. Would the military attract sufficient and appropriate personnel? Would the self-selected force reflect American society in terms of demographics, socio-economic origin, and ideology? Or would the force become increasingly separate and alienated from American society, maneuver to become politically independent from civil authority, and perhaps endanger the polity? We address these issues by discussing the underlying choice made by the U.S. government when it opted for an all-volunteer force, reviewing many of the concerns raised about consequences of this choice, assessing the degree to which these occurred and whether they still affect the force through an analysis of its demographic profile, and discussing concerns raised about the current force by the leadership of the Department of Defense.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781409429784
SP - 115
EP - 138
BT - Civil-Military Relations in Perspective
A2 - Cimbala, Stephen
PB - Ashgate
CY - London
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