I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force [With DVD]

As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military transformed itself over the past five decades, from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated volunteers to a force of professionals revered throughout the world. all-volunteer force and a review of the major policy questions and research undertaken to support Department of Defense decision makers over the past 40 years. Starting in the early 1960s, the account runs through the current war in Iraq, alternating chapters between the history of the all-volunteer force and the analytic background that supported decision making. The author, who participated as an analyst and government policymaker in many of the events covered in this book, provides a behind-the-scenes look at Pentagon and White House decision making. materials on this subject, including a vast archive of material recently declassified to support this project. An accompanying DVD contains more than 1,700 primary-source documents linked from citations in the electronic edition of the book - including government memoranda, Presidential memos and letters, staff papers, and reports. research and analysis impacts decision making, and how policy decisions made decades ago influence and provide insight into public policy issues today. The book includes a Foreword by Melvin R. Laird, former Secretary of Defense.