America's Army: Making the All-Volunteer Force

by Beth L. Bailey

In 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035364
• ISBN13: 9780674035362
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"