Author: United States. Selective Service System
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Annual Report of the Director of Selective Service for the Fiscal Year ... to the Congress of the United States Pursuant to the Universal Military Training and Service Act as Amended
Author: United States. Selective Service System
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation
Author: Melinda L. Pash
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479847283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Largely overshadowed by World War II’s “greatest generation” and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. Yet, just as the beaches of Normandy and the jungles of Vietnam worked profound changes on conflict participants, the Korean Peninsula chipped away at the beliefs, physical and mental well-being, and fortitude of Americans completing wartime tours of duty there. Upon returning home, Korean War veterans struggled with home front attitudes toward the war, faced employment and family dilemmas, and wrestled with readjustment. Not unlike other wars, Korea proved a formative and defining influence on the men and women stationed in theater, on their loved ones, and in some measure on American culture. In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation not only gives voice to those Americans who served in the “forgotten war” but chronicles the larger personal and collective consequences of waging war the American way.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479847283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Largely overshadowed by World War II’s “greatest generation” and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. Yet, just as the beaches of Normandy and the jungles of Vietnam worked profound changes on conflict participants, the Korean Peninsula chipped away at the beliefs, physical and mental well-being, and fortitude of Americans completing wartime tours of duty there. Upon returning home, Korean War veterans struggled with home front attitudes toward the war, faced employment and family dilemmas, and wrestled with readjustment. Not unlike other wars, Korea proved a formative and defining influence on the men and women stationed in theater, on their loved ones, and in some measure on American culture. In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation not only gives voice to those Americans who served in the “forgotten war” but chronicles the larger personal and collective consequences of waging war the American way.
Economy in Government Procurement and Property Management
Author: United States. Congress. Economic Joint Committee
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
Book Description
Changing National Priorities
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economy in Government
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Requirements for Recurring Reports to the Congress
Author:
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Describes reports required of executive branch agencies by the Congress on a recurring basis.
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Describes reports required of executive branch agencies by the Congress on a recurring basis.
Conscription and Democracy
Author: George Q. Flynn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313074194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Finding the manpower to defend democracy has been a recurring problem. Russell Weigley writes: The historic preoccupation of the Army's thought in peacetime has been the manpower question: how, in an unmilitary nation, to muster adequate numbers of capable soldiers quickly should war occur. When the nature of modern warfare made an all-volunteer army inadequate, the major Western democracies confronted the dilemma of involuntary military service in a free society. The core of this manuscript concerns methods by which France, Great Britain, and the United States solved the problem and why some solutions were more lasting and effective than others. Flynn challenges conventional wisdom that suggests that conscription was inefficient and that it promoted inequality of sacrifice. Sharing similar but not identical diplomatic outlooks, the three countries discussed here were allies in world wars and in the Cold War, and they also confronted the problem of using conscripts to defend colonial interests in an age of decolonization. These societies rest upon democratic principles, and operating a draft in a democracy raises several unique problems. A particular tension develops as a result of adopting forced military service in a polity based on concepts of individual rights and freedoms. Despite the protest and inconsistencies, the criticism and waste, Flynn reveals that conscription served the three Western democracies well in an historical context, proving effective in gathering fighting men and allowing a flexibility to cope and change as problems arose.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313074194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Finding the manpower to defend democracy has been a recurring problem. Russell Weigley writes: The historic preoccupation of the Army's thought in peacetime has been the manpower question: how, in an unmilitary nation, to muster adequate numbers of capable soldiers quickly should war occur. When the nature of modern warfare made an all-volunteer army inadequate, the major Western democracies confronted the dilemma of involuntary military service in a free society. The core of this manuscript concerns methods by which France, Great Britain, and the United States solved the problem and why some solutions were more lasting and effective than others. Flynn challenges conventional wisdom that suggests that conscription was inefficient and that it promoted inequality of sacrifice. Sharing similar but not identical diplomatic outlooks, the three countries discussed here were allies in world wars and in the Cold War, and they also confronted the problem of using conscripts to defend colonial interests in an age of decolonization. These societies rest upon democratic principles, and operating a draft in a democracy raises several unique problems. A particular tension develops as a result of adopting forced military service in a polity based on concepts of individual rights and freedoms. Despite the protest and inconsistencies, the criticism and waste, Flynn reveals that conscription served the three Western democracies well in an historical context, proving effective in gathering fighting men and allowing a flexibility to cope and change as problems arose.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Index of NLM Serial Titles
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.