All-Volunteer Force - The Rise of Professionalism in the U.S. Military

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book All-Volunteer Force - The Rise of Professionalism in the U.S. Military by Conor Cummings, GRIN Verlag
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Author: Conor Cummings ISBN: 9783656390480
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: March 13, 2013
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Conor Cummings
ISBN: 9783656390480
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: March 13, 2013
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - War and Peace, Military, grade: 1.0 (A), , course: Military and Society, language: English, abstract: In 1969 President Richard Nixon established the President's Commission on the All-Volunteer Force, a 15-member commission chaired by former Secretary of Defense Thomas Gates, to 'develop a comprehensive plan for eliminating conscription and moving to an all-volunteer force.' After the Gates Commission recommended ending the draft, critics alleged the move to an all-volunteer force would negatively alter the concept of American citizenship by eliminating the connection between citizenship and military service. Even if a return to military conscription was politically possible, the draft ended for a myriad of legitimate military, political, and social reasons that make its re-establishment even less practical today. If Americans have lost a sense of civic obligation and community, the end of the draft did not create this problem, nor would the return of conscription serve as a panacea for problems with America's civic and political culture.

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Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - War and Peace, Military, grade: 1.0 (A), , course: Military and Society, language: English, abstract: In 1969 President Richard Nixon established the President's Commission on the All-Volunteer Force, a 15-member commission chaired by former Secretary of Defense Thomas Gates, to 'develop a comprehensive plan for eliminating conscription and moving to an all-volunteer force.' After the Gates Commission recommended ending the draft, critics alleged the move to an all-volunteer force would negatively alter the concept of American citizenship by eliminating the connection between citizenship and military service. Even if a return to military conscription was politically possible, the draft ended for a myriad of legitimate military, political, and social reasons that make its re-establishment even less practical today. If Americans have lost a sense of civic obligation and community, the end of the draft did not create this problem, nor would the return of conscription serve as a panacea for problems with America's civic and political culture.

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