The all-volunteer military
Subtitle: issues and performance
Contributors: Adedeji, Adebayo; United States. Congressional Budget Office
Series: CBO study
Publisher: Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Draft -- United States; Military service, Voluntary -- United States; Manpower -- United States; United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc
Notes: "Heidi Golding and Adebayo Adedeji of CBO's National Security Division wrote the report"--Pref

"July 2007."

Includes bibliographical references

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Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: History of conscription.  How many were drafted? ; Who was drafted? ; The lifting of the draft.; title: Some arguments for and against the draft and the all-volunteer force.  Military effectiveness ; The cost of the armed forces and economic efficiency ; Fairness and sociopolitical considerations.; title: Personnel in today's all-volunteer military.  The cost of the armed forces ; Quality and effectiveness of the force ; Force composition and equity.; title: Some implications of reinstating the draft.  Size of the draft and effects on personnel structure ; Budgetary costs and savings and levels of military pay ; Effective time for draftees to be available for deployment ; Equity considerations