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Contemporary world issues
Contemporary world issues. ^A226726
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BACKGROUND AND HISTORY -- Military Basics -- The Services -- History and Controversy -- The Debate in the Founding -- The Articles of Confederation versus the Constitution -- More Recent Debate on Military Service -- Societal Effects of Military Service -- Talking Past Each Other -- Contemporary World Issues on National Military Service -- References -- PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES AND SOLUTIONS -- Obligatory versus Voluntary Service -- Can Something Else Be Substituted for National Service? -- What Is the Acceptable Role of Conscientious Objecting? -- Should Women Be Allowed to Participate in National Service? -- Should National Service Expedite an Immigrantʾs Citizenship? -- Does the United States Desire a Military for National Service That Is De Facto Separated from the Rest of Society? -- Does a Voluntary Force Rely Disproportionately on Minorities? -- Is National Service a Valid Manner for Furthering Social Causes? -- How Do the Reserve and the National Guard Relate to the Active-Duty Force? -- Can Active and Reserve Components Mesh? -- Does the Sexual Orientation of Some Military Personnel Affect Overall Unit Effectiveness and Cohesion? -- What is the Relationship between Sexual Orientation and the Military? -- What Is the Power of the Federal Government over State Militias? -- Who Should Decide Where Soldiers Are Sent? -- Should the armed forces be used as peacekeepers or as warfighters? -- Is Military Service a Different Caste from the Rest of Society? -- |
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Should National Service Be Replaced by Private Firms? -- What Is the Minimum Age for National Service? -- Is It Worth Using National Service Humanitarian Intervention? -- Does Having a National Military Make a State More Likely to Use It? -- Does Evangelicalism Have an Effect on National Service? -- References -- WORLD PERSPECTIVE -- Standing Military Forces -- Professional Service versus the Citizen-Soldier -- National Service Obligation -- No Standing National Military Obligations -- States Lacking Conscription -- Mandatory Participation in Military Service -- Problems in Other Societies Arising from Military Service -- Gender Questions -- Conscientious Objectors and Draft Evasion in non-U.S. National Military Service -- References -- CHRONOLOGY OF MILITARY SERVICE -- References -- |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES -- James Bowdoin -- James Burgh -- George Walker Bush -- James (Jimmy) Earl Carter, Jr. -- Grenville Clark -- George Clinton -- William Jefferson Clinton -- William Duane -- Felix Edward Hébert -- Charles H. Fahy -- Horatio Gates -- Thomas Gates -- Truman Kella Gibson, Jr. -- Alexander Hamilton -- James Harrington -- Thomas Jefferson -- Richard Keene -- Henry Knox -- Richard H. Kohn -- James Madison -- Charles Moskos -- Richard Milhous Nixon -- James Otis -- John McCauley Palmer -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy -- Donald Rumsfeld -- Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV -- Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben -- John Trenchard -- Emory Upton -- George Washington -- Leonard Wood -- |
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MAJOR U.S. MILITARY SERVICE DOCUMENTS -- George Washington, Sentiments on a Peace Establishment -- Alexander Hamilton, Report of a Committee to the Continental Congress on a Military Peace Establishment -- Frederick Steuben, A Letter on the Subject of an Established Militia, and Military Arrangements, Addressed to the Inhabitants of the United States -- Letter, George Washington to Frederick Steuben -- Resolution of the Continental Congress Creating the Peace Establishment -- Resolution of the Continental Congress Ascertaining the Powers and Duties of the Secretary at War -- Resolutions of the Continental Congress Renewing the Peace Establishment -- Resolution of the Continental Congress Expanding the Peace Establishment -- A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia of the United States -- Constitution of the United States -- Militia Act of 1792 -- James Madisonʾs State of the Union address (excerpt) -- Militia Act of 1862 -- Posse Comitatus -- The Dick Act -- National Defense Act -- Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 -- National Security Act of 1947 -- Harry S Trumanʾs Presidential Directive to Desegregate the Military -- The War Powers Act of 1973 -- Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 -- President William J. Clintonʾs Remarks at the National Defense University, Announcing the New Policy on Gays and Lesbians in the Military -- Secretary Rumsfeldʾs Interview with Juan Williams of NPR -- DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS -- International Organizations -- Not-for-Profit in the United States -- For-profit Research Institutions -- U.S. Government -- |
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SELECTED PRINT AND NONPRINT SOURCES -- Articles and Chapters -- Edited Books and Monographs -- Opinion Pieces -- FFRDC Research Studies -- Online Resources -- Blogs -- Broadcast Resources -- Radio -- National Public Radio Programs -- Pacifica Radio -- Television -- Other Television Broadcasts -- U.S. Government Publications -- Testimony -- Films and Television -- Service Web Sites -- Other Web Sites -- Glossary. |
| Abstract |
The end of the Cold War ushered in a new kind of war that has already made conventional tactics and strategy obsolete. How has the U.S. military responded? In U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook, Cynthia Watson, professor of strategy at the National War College, analyzes the major issues that are reshaping the military in the era of global terrorism: problems of recruitment, urban warfare, effective use of electronic media, and rebuilding failed states. She also examines the unprecedented policy of relinquishing military duties to the for-profit sector, which has occurred in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Through a combination of detailed analysis and broad overview, the work shows how the U.S. military is quickly transforming itself into a leaner, more agile force. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006030997 |
| ISBN | 1851099786 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781851099788 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1851099794 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781851099795 (ebook) |
