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Author:

Golding, Heidi L. W.

Title:

The all-volunteer military : issues and performance.

Publisher:

Congress of the United StatesCongressional Budget Office,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

x, 37 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Draft--United States.
Military service, Voluntary--United States.
United States--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Manpower--United States.

Other Authors:

Adedeji, Adebayo.
United States. Congressional Budget Office.

Notes:

"Heidi Golding and Adebayo Adedeji of CBO's National Security Division wrote the report"--Pref. Shipping list no.: 2007-0374-P. "July 2007." Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction. -- History of conscription. How many were drafted? ; Who was drafted? ; The lifting of the draft. -- 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. -- Personnel in today's all-volunteer military. The cost of the armed forces ; Quality and effectiveness of the force ; Force composition and equity. -- 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.

Series:

CBO study

OCLC:

(OCoLC)171288202

LCCN:

2007406880

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)