LEADER 03369nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910814492203321 005 20240416152856.0 010 $a0-674-05352-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674053526 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040407 035 $a(OCoLC)648757498 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402486 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411731 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243473 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411731 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10357821 035 $a(PQKB)11667383 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300823 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300823 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402486 035 $a(DE-B1597)589297 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674053526 035 $a(OCoLC)1294423280 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040407 100 $a20090603d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica's Army $emaking the all-volunteer force /$fBeth Bailey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-03536-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-302) and index. 327 $aIndividual freedom and the obligations of citizenship -- Repairing the Army -- The Army in the marketplace -- Race, "quality," and the hollow Army -- "If you like Ms., you'll love Pvt." -- The all-recruited Army -- The Army as social good -- The warrior ethos. 330 $aIn 1973, not long after the last American combat troops returned from Vietnam, President Nixon fulfilled his campaign promise and ended the draft. No longer would young men find their futures determined by the selective service system; nor would the U.S. military have a guaranteed source of recruits. America?s Army is the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War. It is also a history of America in the post-Vietnam era. In the Army, America directly confronted the legacies of civil rights and black power, the women?s movement, and gay rights. The volunteer force raised questions about the meaning of citizenship and the rights and obligations it carries; about whether liberty or equality is the more central American value; what role the military should play in American society not only in time of war, but in time of peace. And as the Army tried to create a volunteer force that could respond effectively to complex international situations, it had to compete with other ?employers? in a national labor market and sell military service alongside soap and soft drinks. Based on exhaustive archival research, as well as interviews with Army officers and recruiters, advertising executives, and policy makers, America?s Army confronts the political, moral, and social issues a volunteer force raises for a democratic society as well as for the defense of our nation. 606 $aMilitary service, Voluntary$zUnited States 615 0$aMilitary service, Voluntary 676 $a355.2/230973 700 $aBailey$b Beth L.$f1957-$01618071 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814492203321 996 $aAmerica's Army$93949577 997 $aUNINA