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Defense Manpower Planning

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298 Seiten
Englisch
Elsevier Science & Techn.erschienen am22.10.2013
Defense Manpower Planning discusses the important set of national security issues related to defense manpower for the 1980s. The topics in the text focus on the problems of manpower acquisition and retention. The historical background and description of the military power during the 1970s and 1980s are given in detail. A military manpower chronology is provided.
The book enumerates some of the manpower issues and debates. Such salient issues as the quantity, quality, socio-economic factors, and the issue of cost, combat effectiveness, and readiness factors are carefully considered. After listing the issues, solutions are then presented. The variants of the all-volunteer force, of conscription, and combining volunteers and conscripts are suggested. A part of the book focuses on active duty forces. The issue of employing women in the military is fully addressed. A description of combat is also tackled. A section of the text explains the relationship between precision guided munitions and the volunteer force.
The book will provide useful information to defense military planners, historians, and students of history.mehr

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KlappentextDefense Manpower Planning discusses the important set of national security issues related to defense manpower for the 1980s. The topics in the text focus on the problems of manpower acquisition and retention. The historical background and description of the military power during the 1970s and 1980s are given in detail. A military manpower chronology is provided.
The book enumerates some of the manpower issues and debates. Such salient issues as the quantity, quality, socio-economic factors, and the issue of cost, combat effectiveness, and readiness factors are carefully considered. After listing the issues, solutions are then presented. The variants of the all-volunteer force, of conscription, and combining volunteers and conscripts are suggested. A part of the book focuses on active duty forces. The issue of employing women in the military is fully addressed. A description of combat is also tackled. A section of the text explains the relationship between precision guided munitions and the volunteer force.
The book will provide useful information to defense military planners, historians, and students of history.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9781483182346
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatPDF
Format HinweisDRM Adobe
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum22.10.2013
Seiten298 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse37244 Kbytes
Artikel-Nr.3161207
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Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1;Front Cover;1
2;Defense Manpower Planning: Issues for the 1980s;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;10
7;An Overview: Military Manpower Into the 1980s;12
7.1;CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 1970S;13
7.2;THE DECADE AHEAD;16
7.3;DIFFICULT CHOICES;16
8;A Military Manpower Chronology;20
9;Chapter 1. Outline of Manpower Issues and Debate;22
9.1;SALIENT ISSUES;22
9.2;SOLUTIONS;25
9.3;A DEFENSE MANPOWER DEBATE;26
9.4;DEBATE: RESOLVED THAT THE UNITED STATES ABANDON THE AVF CONCEPT;28
9.5;CONCLUSIONS;36
9.6;NOTES;36
10;Part I: Active Duty Forces;38
10.1;Introduction to Part I;40
10.2;Chapter 2. Conscription and the All-Volunteer Army in Historical Perspective;42
10.2.1;POPULAR OPPOSITION TO CONSCRIPTION;43
10.2.2;PAST EXPERIENCE WITH VOLUNTEERS.;44
10.2.3;REORGANIZATION OF THE RECRUITING SERVICE;46
10.2.4;THE VOLUNTEER ARMY BETWEEN WORLD WARS;48
10.2.5;LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST;51
10.2.6;NOTES;52
10.3;Chapter 3.
Women, Combat, and the Draft: Placing Details in Context;55
10.3.1;THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION;55
10.3.2;THE ARMY'S MODEL;56
10.3.3;THE NORMATIVE MODEL;57
10.3.4;THE NATURE OF COMBAT;59
10.3.5;COMBAT AND THE INSTRUMENTAL MODEL;59
10.3.6;COMPLEXITY AND COMBAT;60
10.3.7;THE CLASH OF COSMOLOGIES;62
10.3.8;CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES;62
10.3.9;THE SALUTARY EFFECTS;63
10.3.10;CONTRARY VIEWS;64
10.3.11;RETURNING TO THE MODELS;65
10.3.12;THE INADEQUACY OF SCHOLARSHIP;66
10.3.13;PROBLEMS OF CAUSALITY;67
10.3.14;THE NEED FOR CONTEXT;68
10.3.15;MAKING SOLDIERS;69
10.3.16;SOCIAL COMPLEXITY;70
10.3.17;SUPERVISORS;70
10.3.18;A COMBAT BATTALION;71
10.3.19;CONTRACTS AND OTHER CONSTRAINTS;72
10.3.20;PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE;73
10.3.21;SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND FRATERNIZATION;74
10.3.22;A DIFFERENT REALITY;76
10.3.23;THE DRAFT;78
10.3.24;NOTES;79
10.4;Chapter 4. People, Not Hardware: The Highest Defense Priority;82
10.4.1;INTRODUCTION;82
10.4.2;PROBLEMS IN TODAY'S ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE;84
10.4.3;THE COMPENSATION SITUATION;88
10.4.4;IMPACT ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY;94
10.4.5;SOLUTIONS;97
10.5;Chaapter 5.
"Dumb" Soldiers and "Smart" Bombs:Precision-Guided Munitions and the All-Volunteer Force;101
10.5.1;NOTES;107
10.6;Chapter 6.
AVF vs. DRAFT: Where Do We Go From Here?;109
10.6.1;INTRODUCTION;109
10.6.2;CRITERIA;111
10.6.3;POLICY OPTIONS;114
10.6.4;CONCLUSIONS;127
11;Part II: Reserve Forces;128
11.1;Introduction to Part II;130
11.2;Chapter 7. Historical Continuity in the U.S. Military Reserve System;132
11.2.1;THE ENGLISH MILITIA TRADITION;132
11.2.2;THE COLONIAL AMERICAN MILITIA TRADITION;134
11.2.3;THE EXPULSION OF EUROPEAN POWER, 1775-1815;137
11.2.4;STRATEGIC ISOLATION, 1815-1898;141
11.2.5;FROM 1898 TO THE PRESENT;143
11.2.6;THE POST-1945 ANOMALY IN U.S. RESERVE STRUCTURE;146
11.2.7;IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY;148
11.2.8;NOTES;149
11.3;Chapter 8.
U.S. Army Selected Reserves: Incentives/Disincentives to Join/Remain;154
11.3.1;INTRODUCTION;154
11.3.2;SOCIAL CHANGE AND INCENTIVES;156
11.3.3;INCENTIVES/DISINCENTIVES TO JOIN;159
11.3.4;INCENTIVES/DISINCENTIVES TO REMAIN;160
11.3.5;INCENTIVES/DISINCENTIVES REVIEWED;165
11.3.6;CONCLUSIONS;166
11.3.7;NOTES;167
11.4;Chapter 9. Are We Really Serious? A Critical Assessment of Manpower Policies in the Army Reserve Forces;169
11.4.1;WHAT ARE OUR STANDARDS OF SERIOUSNESS?;170
11.4.2;WILL THE RESERVES HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE?;170
11.4.3;QUALITY OF GUARD AND RESERVE RECRUITS;172
11.4.4;DO THE RESERVES HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT JOBS, TRAINED AND READY?;175
11.4.5;HOW SERIOUS ARE WE ABOUT THE ARMY RESERVE FORCES?;177
11.4.6;WHAT CHOICES ARE OPEN?;179
11.4.7;NOTES;182
11.5;Chapter 10. Future of the Army Reserves: Plans, Policies, and Programs;184
11.5.1;INCREASE THE ACTIVE FORCES AND ELIMINATE THE RESERVES;185
11.5.2;ADOPT A DIFFERENT RESERVE SYSTEM;186
11.5.3;DRAFT PEOPLE FOR THE RESERVES;188
11.5.4;BUILD UP THE GUARD AND RESERVE THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM;190
12;Part III: Alternatives;196
12.1;Introduction to Part III;198
12.2;Chapter 11. Selective Service Program Overview and Results of the 1980 Registration;200
12.2.1;BACKGROUND;200
12.2.2;REGISTRATION;204
12.2.3;NOTES;213
12.3;Chapter 12. The Market Model of Military Labor Procurement: A Survey of Current Issues;215
12.3.1;INTRODUCTION;215
12.3.2;DIVERGENT VIEWS ON THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM;216
12.3.3;THE NATURE OF THE MARKET MODEL;221
12.3.4;DIVERGENT VIEWS FROM THE MARKET PERSPECTIVE;230
12.3.5;CONCLUSIONS;234
12.3.6;NOTES;235
12.3.7;APPENDIX: Is an Education Approach Less or More Costly Than Pure Cash?;236
12.4;Chapter 13. National Service: An Alternative to the All-Volunteer Military;238
12.4.1;THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AVF;240
12.4.2;ALTERNATIVES TO THE AVF;241
12.4.3;THE BENEFITS OF NATIONAL SERVICE;246
12.4.4;THE FEASIBILITY OF NATIONAL SERVICE;247
12.4.5;SUMMARY;247
12.4.6;NOTES;247
12.5;Chapter 14. Making the All-Volunteer Force Work;249
12.6;Chapter 15. National Service Program;258
12.6.1;NOTES;270
12.7;Chapter 16. If the Draft Is Restored: Uncertainties, Not Solutions;271
12.7.1;COMPOSITION OF DRAFT COHORT GROUPS;272
12.7.2;BASIS FOR COMPARISON: THE ARMY RECRUITING RESULTS IN FISCAL YEAR 1979;274
12.7.3;IMPACT OF VOLUNTEER POLICIES ON THE SIZE OF DRAFT CALLS;276
12.7.4;IMPACT OF VOLUNTEER ENTRY STANDARDS ON RECRUIT QUALITY;277
12.7.5;IMPACT OF THE DRAFT ON THE NUMBER OF BLACK RECRUITS;280
12.7.6;RESTORATION OF THE DRAFT AND POSSIBLE COST SAVINGS;282
12.7.7;CONCLUSION;283
12.7.8;NOTES;285
12.8;Chapter 17. Conclusion;287
12.8.1;THE CURRENT SITUATION;287
12.8.2;WHAT CAN BE DONE?;288
12.8.3;EPILOGUE;290
13;Glossary;292
14;INDEX;294
15;About the Authors and Editors;296mehr

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