LEADER 03683oam 2200601zu 450 001 9910220141903321 005 20220831232142.0 010 $a0-8330-9359-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000595107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001622543 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16358973 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001622543 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14925876 035 $a(PQKB)11335295 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000595107 100 $a20160829d2015 uh 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemystifying the citizen soldier /$fRaphael S. Cohen 210 31$aSanta Monica, Ca :$cRand Corporation$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 39 pages) $ccolor illustrations 225 0 $aResearch report (Rand Corporation) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a0-8330-9163-8 327 $aIntroduction Defining and evaluating the mystique of the citizen soldier The militia era (1775-1830) The volunteers (1831-1902) The strategic reserve (1903-1990 )The move to an operational reserve (1991-present) Demystifying the citizen soldier 330 3 $a"The National Guard is often portrayed as the modern heir to the colonial militia and retaining at least three of the latter's defining attributes - a key instrument of American national security, a check on federal power, and home of today's 'citizen soldiers.' This report explores how the term citizen soldier has been defined in academic literature - as compulsory, universal, legitimate service by civilians - and then looks at how the National Guard has evinced these attributes at various periods in its history. Since the United States' founding, the militia - and later, the National Guard - slowly evolved into an increasingly formidable warfighting force and increasingly important tool for national security. This evolution, however, has come at the expense of two other attributes of the colonial militia - serving as a check on federal power and filling its ranks with citizen soldiers. The report concludes that there are inherent and increasing tensions among being a warfighting force, serving as a check on federal power, and embodying the ideals of a citizen soldier, and it is not clear that the Guard - or any other force for that matter - can fully reconcile them. Ultimately, the Guard's transformation from citizen soldiers to a professional force may very well be inevitable and is likely a positive development for American national security. It is, however, important to realize that this trend is occurring, to demystify the citizen soldier, and to see the force for what it is." --From publisher website. 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States 606 $aMilitary service, Voluntary$zUnited States 606 $aCivil-military relations$zUnited States 606 $aArmies$2HILCC 606 $aMilitary & Naval Science$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xNational Guard 607 $aUnited States$xNational Guard$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xMilitia$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xOrganization 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aMilitary service, Voluntary 615 0$aCivil-military relations 615 7$aArmies 615 7$aMilitary & Naval Science 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 676 $a355.3/70973 700 $aCohen$b Raphael S$01242724 712 02$aRand Corporation 712 02$aProject Air Force (U.S.) 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220141903321 996 $aDemystifying the Citizen Soldier$92882767 997 $aUNINA