The all-volunteer force
Subtitle: thirty years of service
By: edited by Barbara A. Bicksler, Curtis L. Gilroy, John T. Warner ; foreword by Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Contributors: Bicksler, Barbara A.; Gilroy, Curtis L.; Warner, John T.; Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Brassey's Inc.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Military service, Voluntary -- United States.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Genres: United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Foreword / Donald H. Rumsfeld; value: pt. 1. The all-volunteer force in perspective. Introduction / Melvin R. Laird; value: Reflections from the Gates Commission / Frederick B. Dent ... [et al.]; value: The making of the all-volunteer force / Martin Anderson; value: The Gates Commission: right for the wrong reasons / Bernard D. Rostker; value: Reflections on managing the all-volunteer force: past and future / John P. White; value: No more greetings / Walter Y. Oi; value: pt. 2. Sustaining the force: recruiting and retention. Introduction / Christopher Jehn; value: Sustaining the force in an era of transformation / Paul F. Hogan, Curtis J. Simon, John T. Warner; value: Manpower quality in the all-volunteer force / David J. Armor, Paul R. Sackett; value: The effects of socioeconomic change on the all-volunteer force: past, present, and future / Martha Farnsworth Riche, Aline Quester; value: Commentary / Dennis D. Cavin ... [et al.]; value: pt. 3. Reserve component contributions to the all-volunteer force. Introduction / William A. Navas Jr.; value: The all-volunteer force: an employer's perspective / Robert K. Steel; value: From the home front to the front lines: U.S. Reserve forces answer the call to duty / Edward L. Schrock; value: Manning the force while at war: a critical challenge / James R. Helmly; value: The Reserves and the Guard: standing in the civil-military gap before and after 9/11 / Peter D. Feaver, David P. Filer, Paul Gronke; value: Commentary / Reginald J. Brown, Thomas F. Hall; value: pt. 4. Transformation in military manpower and personnel policy. Introduction / Ken Krieg; value: Looking to the future: what does transformation mean for military manpower and personnel policy? / Beth J. Asch, James R. Hosek; value: A "continuum of service" for the all-volunteer force / John D. Winkler ... [et al.]; value: Toward a new balance in military capabilities / Arthur K. Cebrowski; value: Commentary / Patricia A. Tracey, Michael L. Dominguez, Heather Wilson; value: pt. 5. The next decade. Observations on a remarkable transformation / Paul Wolfowitz; value: Thirty years of an all-volunteer force: personal observations / John W. Vessey Jr.; value: A bigger force or a smaller empire / Ed Dorn; value: The all-volunteer force: resilient and perishable / Rudy de Leon; value: Looking ahead: the 40th anniversary / David S.C. Chu.