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A more perfect military : how the constitution can make our military stronger

Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept the obligation for military service, and a larger number lack the knowledge to be engaged participants in civilian control of the military. The end of the draft, however, is not the most important reason we have a significant civil-military gap today. A More Perfect Military explains how the Supreme Co.

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  • ""The purpose of this book is to change all the rules that limit the way we talk about the military ... It will tell the rest of the story conveniently left out in all the partial, misleading discussions we have had in recent years on subjects such as military recruiting and the shared obligations of citizenship; the nature of the relationship we want to have between the military and civilian America; the meaning of the Constitution for members of the military in the areas of equal protection, free speech, religions freedom, and respect for the rule of law; the proper scope of military influence in civilian society and the proper scope of civilian influence in military society; the cultural flash point of women in military service; and, finally, the post-Vietnam drift toward a politically partisan military and the impact it has had on civilian control of the military"--Page 5."
  • "Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept the obligation for military service, and a larger number lack the knowledge to be engaged participants in civilian control of the military. The end of the draft, however, is not the most important reason we have a significant civil-military gap today. A More Perfect Military explains how the Supreme Co."@en

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