U.S. military service
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Cynthia A. Watson
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781851099788; 9781851099795
Subjects: Gay military personnel; Women; Draft; Armed Forces; Recruiting, enlistment; Handbooks, manuals; Minorities
Description: The end of the Cold War ushered in a new kind of war that has already made conventional tactics and strategy obsolete. How has the U.S. military responded? In U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook, Cynthia Watson, professor of strategy at the National War College, analyzes the major issues that are reshaping the military in the era of global terrorism:  problems of recruitment, urban warfare, effective use of electronic media, and rebuilding failed states. She also examines the unprecedented policy of relinquishing military duties to the for-profit sector, which has occurred in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Through a combination of detailed analysis and broad overview, the work shows how the U.S. military is quickly transforming itself into a leaner, more agile force.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: BACKGROUND AND HISTORY; title: Military Basics; title: The Services; title: History and Controversy; title: The Debate in the Founding; title: The Articles of Confederation versus the Constitution; title: More Recent Debate on Military Service; title: Societal Effects of Military Service; title: Talking Past Each Other; title: Contemporary World Issues on National Military Service; title: References; title: PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES AND SOLUTIONS; title: Obligatory versus Voluntary Service; title: Can Something Else Be Substituted for National Service?; title: What Is the Acceptable Role of Conscientious Objecting?; title: Should Women Be Allowed to Participate in National Service?; title: Should National Service Expedite an Immigrantʼs Citizenship?; title: Does the United States Desire a Military for National Service That Is De Facto Separated from the Rest of Society?; title: Does a Voluntary Force Rely Disproportionately on Minorities?; title: Is National Service a Valid Manner for Furthering Social Causes?; title: How Do the Reserve and the National Guard Relate to the Active-Duty Force?; title: Can Active and Reserve Components Mesh?; title: Does the Sexual Orientation of Some Military Personnel Affect Overall Unit Effectiveness and Cohesion?; title: What is the Relationship between Sexual Orientation and the Military?; title: What Is the Power of the Federal Government over State Militias?; title: Who Should Decide Where Soldiers Are Sent?; title: Should the armed forces be used as peacekeepers or as warfighters?; title: Is Military Service a Different Caste from the Rest of Society?; title: Should National Service Be Replaced by Private Firms?; title: What Is the Minimum Age for National Service?; title: Is It Worth Using National Service Humanitarian Intervention?; title: Does Having a National Military Make a State More Likely to Use It?; title: Does Evangelicalism Have an Effect on National Service?; title: References; title: WORLD PERSPECTIVE; title: Standing Military Forces; title: Professional Service versus the Citizen-Soldier; title: National Service Obligation; title: No Standing National Military Obligations; title: States Lacking Conscription; title: Mandatory Participation in Military Service; title: Problems in Other Societies Arising from Military Service; title: Gender Questions; title: Conscientious Objectors and Draft Evasion in non-U.S. National Military Service; title: References; title: CHRONOLOGY OF  MILITARY SERVICE; title: References; title: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES; title: James Bowdoin; title: James Burgh; title: George Walker Bush; title: James (Jimmy) Earl Carter, Jr.; title: Grenville Clark; title: George Clinton; title: William Jefferson Clinton; title: William Duane; title: Felix Edward Hébert; title: Charles H. Fahy; title: Horatio Gates; title: Thomas Gates; title: Truman Kella Gibson, Jr.; title: Alexander Hamilton; title: James Harrington; title: Thomas Jefferson; title: Richard Keene; title: Henry Knox; title: Richard H. Kohn; title: James Madison; title: Charles Moskos; title: Richard Milhous Nixon; title: James Otis; title: John McCauley Palmer; title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; title: Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy; title: Donald Rumsfeld; title: Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV; title: Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben; title: John Trenchard; title: Emory Upton; title: George Washington; title: Leonard Wood; title: MAJOR U.S. MILITARY SERVICE DOCUMENTS; title: George Washington, Sentiments on a Peace Establishment; title: Alexander Hamilton, Report of a Committee to the Continental Congress on a Military Peace Establishment; title: Frederick Steuben, A Letter on the Subject of an Established Militia, and Military Arrangements, Addressed to the Inhabitants of the United States; title: Letter, George Washington to Frederick Steuben; title: Resolution of the Continental Congress Creating the Peace Establishment; title: Resolution of the Continental Congress Ascertaining the Powers and Duties of the Secretary at War; title: Resolutions of the Continental Congress Renewing the Peace Establishment; title: Resolution of the Continental Congress Expanding the Peace Establishment; title: A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia of the United States; title: Constitution of the United States; title: Militia Act of 1792; title: James Madisonʼs State of the Union address (excerpt); title: Militia Act of 1862; title: Posse Comitatus; title: The Dick Act; title: National Defense Act; title: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940; title: National Security Act of 1947; title: Harry S Trumanʼs Presidential Directive to Desegregate the Military; title: The War Powers Act of 1973; title: Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986; title: President William J. Clintonʼs Remarks at the National Defense University, Announcing the New Policy on Gays and Lesbians in the Military; title: Secretary Rumsfeldʼs Interview with Juan Williams of NPR; title: DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS; title: International Organizations; title: Not-for-Profit in the United States; title: For-profit Research Institutions; title: U.S. Government; title: SELECTED PRINT AND NONPRINT SOURCES; title: Articles and Chapters; title: Edited Books and Monographs; title: Opinion Pieces; title: FFRDC Research Studies; title: Online Resources; title: Blogs; title: Broadcast Resources; title: Radio; title: National Public Radio Programs; title: Pacifica Radio; title: Television; title: Other Television Broadcasts; title: U.S. Government Publications; title: Testimony; title: Films and Television; title: Service Web Sites; title: Other Web Sites; title: Glossary.