The Future of the Citizen-Soldier Force (eBook)

Issues and Answers

Jeffrey Jacobs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
200 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
9780813187853 (ISBN)

Infos

One of the most significant post-Cold War issues is the future of the U.S. Army's reserve components. Although National Guard and Army Reserve units fought well in the first Persian Gulf war, Jeffrey Jacobs warns that Americans should not be sanguine about their ability to perform effectively in future conflicts.Having served in the active Army as well as both the Guard and the Reserve, Jacobs offers a unique perspective on the current missions, structure, and policies of the Army and the impact of the reserve system on its readiness for combat.From both active and reserve points of view, Jacobs describes the current limitations and deficiencies inherent in the separate structures of the Army's three disparate components. He finds the roots of many of the reserves' problems in their strong ties to traditions and politics. The solutions he proposes focus on integrating the three components into a true Total Armyin fact as well as in rhetoric. Such reforms will affect several sacred cows, including state control of the National Guard, the weekend drill system, and the geography-based reserve system.Much has been written about the reserves, but few recent writers have proposed such far-reaching reforms. Jacobs's controversial proposals will interest those who make, influence, and study military policy. Here is a stimulating and thought-provoking consideration of a vital aspect of America's defense posture.

Autor

Jeffrey A. Jacobs is an attorney in civilian life and a civil affairs officer in the Army Reserve, in which he holds the rank of major.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2021
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Army National Guard • Army Reserve commands • capstone • combat support units • continental US armies • Desert Shield • Desert Storm • Frederick Jackson Turner Award • Individual Ready Reserve • militia • Persian Gulf War • postmobilization training • roundout • State Guard • three-army system • Total Army • total force policy • US Army Reserve • USCENTCOM • US military policy • US National Guard
• ISBN-13: 9780813187853 / 9780813187853