Changing U.s. Military Manpower Realities

This book presents recent research on major manpower issues, including recruitment problems, the military family, the role of women, racial problems, economic concerns, and the concept of the citizen-soldier. It explores hitherto underresearched issues concerning U.S. military manpower.

Also of Interest -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Changing Military Manpower Realities: Implications for the Next Decade -- Manpower Issues: The Active and Reserve Components -- U.S. Reserve Forces: The Achilles' Heel of the All-Volunteer Force? -- Defending Europe Against a Conventional Attack: The Increasing Gap Between the Army’s Capabilities and NATO Commitments -- Instructor Pilot Retention in Air Training Command: A Survey Analysis -- The Dynamics of Organization -- Institutional and Occupational Values in the U.S. Military -- Race and Job Satisfaction in the U.S. Army -- Women in the Military -- Integrating Women into Nontraditional Jobs: Air Force Rated Women -- Women in the Navy: Performance, Health, and Motherhood -- The Military Family -- Familypower: An Issue in Military Manpower Management -- Family Life Patterns in the Air Force -- Ethnography of a Navy Community -- A Look into the Future? -- The Citizen-Soldier and National Service

Franklin D. Margiotta