Service to country : personnel policy and the transformation of Western militaries / Curtis L. Gilroy and Cindy Williams, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilroy, Curtis L.

Williams, Cindy, 1947-

Series:

BCSIA studies in international security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military administration.

Armed Forces--Personnel management.

Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 499 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Motivated, able, and well-trained military personnel are essential to the success of any military, and personnel policies are crucial to getting and keeping qualified servicemen and women. The transformation of personnel policies is an important element of the broader transformation occurring in Western militaries. Across Europe and North America, nations are embracing plans to change military personnel policies to build future capabilities consistent with new strategic environments and with the demographic and societal realities of the future. For many nations, a key reform is to shift from a conscript military to a smaller, all-volunteer force. Other important reforms include expanding recruitment capacity, improving working conditions, revamping career paths, overhauling compensation systems and increasing military pay, modernizing pension plans, improving the quality of life for military members and their families, and improving the post-service prospects for those who serve. Service to Country explores the ongoing transformation of military personnel policies in Europe and North America, looking at causes as well as potential costs and benefits of personnel policy transformation. Contributors to the volume, from both Europe and North America, include experts from militaries, governments, universities, and think tanks; practitioners and scholars; economists, political scientists, sociologists, and a demographer. ContributorsJennifer Buck, Deborah Clay-Mendez, Sylvain Daffix, Chris Donnelly, Curtis Gilroy, Keith Hartley, Hannu Herranen, Bertel Heurlin, Jolyon Howorth, Gerhard Kummel, Juan Lopez Diaz, Karen McKenney, Mihaela Matei, Vincent Medina, Sebastian Negrusa, Cyr-Denis Nidier, Bernard Rostker, Robert St. Onge, Rickard Sandell, Peter Svec, Vaidotas Urbelis, Domenico Villani, John Warner, Cindy Williams, John D. Winkler

Contents:

Part I The Changing Environment

Chapter 2 The Transformation of European Military Capability, 1989-2005 / Jolyon Howorth 37

Chapter 3 Coping with Demography in NATO Europe: Military Recruitment in Times of Population Decline / Rickard Sandell 65

Chapter 4 Impact of NATO Membership on Military Service in the Baltic States / Vaidotas Urbelis 97

Part II The Choice of Personnel Model

Chapter 5 The Economic Case for All-Volunteer Forces / John T. Warner, Sebastian Negrusa 123

Chapter 6 The New Danish Model: Limited Conscription and Deployable Professionals / Bertel Heurlin 157

Chapter 7 General Conscription and Wartime Reserve in Finland / Hannu Herranen 179

Chapter 8 An All-Volunteer Force in Disguise: On the Transformation of the Armed Forces in Germany / Gerhard Kummel 203

Part III The Transition to All-Volunteer Forces

Chapter 9 The Transition to an All-Volunteer Force: The U.S. Experience / Bernard D. Rostker, Curtis L. Gilroy 233

Chapter 10 Cash and In-kind Compensation Policies for a Volunteer Force / Deborah Clay-Mendez 263

Chapter 11 The British Experience with an All-Volunteer Force / Keith Hartley 287

Chapter 12 Transition to an All-Volunteer Force: The French Experience / Sylvain Daffix, Vincent Medina, Cyr-Denis Nidier 313

Chapter 13 The All-Volunteer Spanish Armed Forces / Juan Lopez Diaz 331

Chapter 14 Romania's Transition to an All-Volunteer Force: Managerial Challenges and Opportunities / Mihaela Matei 355

Chapter 15 Recruitment in a Period of Transformation: The Italian Experience / Domenico Villani 381

Part IV Transforming Reserve Policies

Chapter 16 Sustaining an Effective Reserve: Implications of the New Security Environment for Reserve Forces / Chris Donnelly 397

Chapter 17 Transformation of the Reserve Components of the U.S. Armed Forces / John D. Winkler, Robert J. St. Onge, Jr., Karen I. McKenney, Jennifer C. Buck 413

Chapter 18 Strategic Trends for Reserves in Small European Countries: The Example of Slovakia / Peter Svec 437

Chapter 19 The Way Ahead: Transformation of Personnel Policies / Curtis L. Gilroy, Cindy Williams 459

About the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 503.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262273848

0262273845

9781429483964

1429483962

OCLC:

166409505

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