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

Rostker, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0833038966 / ISBN 13: 9780833038968

Published by RAND Corporation, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0833038966
• ISBN 13: 9780833038968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 5.06W x 19.15H x 26.01D centimeters 5.06 centimeters width by 19.15 centimeters height by 26.01 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1610 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics
  • Military
  • Military History

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Synopsis

This volume documents how the United States military was transformed from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated "volunteers" to a force of professionals revered throughout the world. An accompanying DVD offers a vast archive of primary-source materials, including formerly classified correspondence between senior government officials, linked directly from citations in the electronic version of the book.

About the Author

Bernard Rostker is a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation, where he has served as Associate Director of the RAND Arroyo Center and Director of the Defense Manpower Research Center in the RAND National Defense Research Institute. He was formerly Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Secretary of Defense's senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay, and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel, and 725,000 DoD civilians. He also had oversight responsibilities for the DoD health delivery system. Prior to that, he served as Under Secretary of the Army, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Director of Selective Service, where he formulated the Selective Service Revitalization Plan. Under his leadership, the first mass selective service registration since World War II was executed, and almost four million young men registered. Over his career, Dr. Rostker has been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate four times and received a number of awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal from the Selective Service, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Army, and the Department of Defense. Dr. Rostker is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.