Once Again, the Challenge to the U.S. Army During A Defense Reduction: To Remain A Military Profession (Enlarged Edition) (Paperback)

As with the post-Cold War downsizing during the Clinton administration in the late 1990s, one critical challenge for the U.S. Army centers on the qualitative, institutional character of the Army after the reductions-will it manifest the essential characteristics and behavior of a military profession with soldiers and civilians who see themselves sacrificially called to vocation and its service to country within a motivating professional culture that sustains a meritocratic ethic, or will the Army's character be more like any other government occupation in which its members view themselves as filing a job, motivated mostly by the extrinsic factors of pay, location, and work hours? In mid-2010, the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff directed the Commanding General, Training and Doctrine Command, then General Martin Dempsey, to undertake a broad campaign of learning, involving the entire Department. The intent was to think through just it means for the Army to be a profession...

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Imprint:	Lulu.Com
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2013
Authors:	Don M. Snider • Strategic Studies Institute
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	43
ISBN-13:	978-1-304-05718-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-304-05718-6
Barcode:	9781304057181

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