Military draft - Wagner, Viqi 1953- (Detroit Greenhaven Press, 2008)
Should the United States reinstate the draft? The United States should reinstate the draft / Walter L. Stewart Jr. ; Reinstating the draft is not necessary / Bernard D. Rostker ; All-volunteer recruitment is not supplying enough troops / Phillip Carter and Paul Glastris ; All-volunteer recruitment can supply enough troops / Lawrence J. Korb ; A draft is cheaper than financing the all-volunteer military / Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel ; A draft is more costly than financing the all-volunteer military / John C. Goodman ; The army's stop-loss policy is a "back-door" draft / Christopher Hayes ; The army's stop-loss policy is a legal extension of voluntary enlistment / Daniel C. Brown -- How would the draft affect U.S. society? A draft would unify U.S. society / Hodding Carter and Ronald Goldfarb ; A draft would divide U.S. society / David Greenberg ; A draft would improve declining troop quality / Michelle Cottle ; There is no evidence that troop quality has declined in the all-volunteer army / Tim Kane -- Who should be subject to a military draft? Women should be eligible for the draft / Philip Gold and Erin Solaro ; Women should not be eligible for the draft / R. Cort Kirkwood ; The military should accept open homosexuals / John M. Shalikashvili ; The military should not accept open homosexuals / J. Matt Barber ; Draftees should be selected by lottery / Alliance for Security ; Draftees could be selected for critical, specialized skills / Charles S. Abell et al. -- Should alternatives to the military draft be pursued? Universal national service should replace the selective service system / William A. Galston ; Universal national service is a bad idea / Bruce Chapman ; Revive the ROTC program to expand the all-volunteer armed forces / Stanley Kurtz ; Recruitment of foreigners would boost military ranks / Bryan Bender ; The U.S. military can hire private contractors / Michelle Gutierrez; The United States should not pursue military expansion / Gordon Adams.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-231) and index.
Keywords: Draft -- United States; Military service, Voluntary -- United States