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

• Main Author: Rostker, Bernard D. (auth)
• Other Authors: Yeh, K. C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2006
• Subjects: Personnel & human resources management; Working patterns & practices; Political control & freedoms; Political Science; Management & Organizational Behavior
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military transformed itself over the past five decades, from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated "volunteers" to a forc...