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Advance praise for
Military Service and American Democracy

Bill Taylor has written a pioneering work on the political and social history of American military recruiting since the end of World War II. Almost all scholarly investigation of this subject has been done by social scientists. For whatever reason, historians, including military historians, have rarely examined how the United States has recruited its soldiers since 1945; the population subgroups they have come from, or havent come from; and how the political nation has dealt with perennial issues of who serves and who doesnt. Work on the history of American military manpower procurement since the draft ended in 1973 has been particularly lacunosesurprisingly so, given the perennial public debates on voluntary military service and conscription. Dr. Taylor performs a real service in covering both the 19451973 draft era and the forty-plus years since the draft ended. Both specialists in military manpower matters and a wide range of scholars working in the broad area of American civil-military relations will benefit greatly from reading his invaluable analysis.

Robert L. Goldich, retired defense manpower analyst and military historian, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

Who serves? William Taylor shows us why the changing answers to that question matter, not only to the individuals involved but also to the health of American democracy.

Beth Bailey, author of Americas Army: Making the All-Volunteer Force

The way a democracy chooses to man its military reflects its social fabric. Taylor lays out a narrative to facilitate informed dialogue on this critical issue.

Major General (retired) Dennis Laich

Who serves? Who fights? As William Taylor makes clear in this exceptionally fine book, the answers to these two questions speak directly to the condition of American democracy. Here is a timely reminder that in our own day the questions themselves have lost none of their prior salience and may, if anything, be more important than ever.

Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Americas War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History

In analyzing how a democracy can best fulfill its security needs, William Taylor has written an insightful review of the evolution of American military manpower policy, from the mobilization-based World War II force, through the adoption of a peacetime Cold War draft in lieu of universal military training, and ultimately to the current all-recruited force. He documents the progress made over time in racial integration, gender equality, and incorporation of openly gay personnel, increasing the diversity of the forces to serve the goals of both military effectiveness and social equality. He also critically examines the increasing presence of private security contractors in the battle space as replacements for uniformed members of the armed forces, which is a threat to the historic linkage between service in the interest of security and citizenship rights and responsibilities. This volume is particularly timely given the recent lifting of the ban on service by openly gay personnel and the opening of ground combat occupations and units to women. Readers interested in these issues will have difficulty, as I did, putting this book down.

David R. Segal, professor emeritus of sociology, founding director, Center for Research on Military Organization, University of Maryland

This important work is a major contribution to American military history. It candidly explores the major questions and controversies concerning the relationship among citizenship, social identity, and military policy from World War II to the present with a candidness and clarity based on comprehensive research and thorough understanding of all aspects of the subject. All those concerned with issues related to the human dimensions of national security will profit from reading it.

Ronald H. Spector, professor of history and international affairs, George Washington University

In his latest book, William A. Taylor provides an excellent, well-documented, and readable analysis of military service in this country from World War II to the withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq. This book should be required reading for those citizens, scholars, and public officials concerned about balancing national security and individual liberty.

Lawrence Korb, former assistant secretary of defense for manpower, reserve affairs, installations, and logistics

Who serves in the United States military? Why do they serve? How do they serve? A serious and honest examination of these immensely important questions is critical to current and future discussion of transforming, overhauling, or drawing-down the American military. William A. Taylors Military Service and American Democracy is essential to this discussion. Perceptive and persuasive, Taylor insightfully places the evolution of American military personnel policies amid the distinctive clash between American security needs and individual freedom in a free society.

William Thomas Allison, professor of history, Georgia Southern University

Military Service
and American
Democracy

MODERN WAR STUDIES

Theodore A. Wilson

General Editor

Raymond Callahan

Jacob W. Kipp

Allan R. Millett

Carol Reardon

Dennis Showalter

David R. Stone

James H. Willbanks

Series Editors

Military Service
and American
Democracy

From World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

william a. taylor

university press of kansas

Published by the University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas 66045), which was organized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University

2016 by the University Press of Kansas
All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Taylor, William A., 1975 author.
Title: Military service and American democracy : from
World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars / William A. Taylor.
Description: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016] | Series: Modern war studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016028674
ISBN 9780700623204 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 9780700623211 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: United StatesArmed ForcesRecruiting, enlistment, etc. | DraftUnited StatesHistory. | Military service, VoluntaryUnited StatesHistory. | DemocracyUnited StatesCitizen participation.
Classification: LCC UB323 .T39 2016
DDC 355.2/230973dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016028674.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this publication is recycled and contains 30 percent postconsumer waste. It is acid free and meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1992.

For the millions of Americans who have served in defense of democracy abroad, whether as conscripts or volunteers, and for the ideal of American military service that has also served in defense of democracy at home, at times unevenly and unwittingly.

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