Military Memories
Author: Donald Zillman
ISBN: 9781839992520
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year first published: 10 Sep 2024
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781839992520
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year first published: 10 Sep 2024
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback / softback
Eight American military veterans of the Vietnam/Cold War era describe their service and its influence on their lives. Their service is shaped by the history of America's raising of its military forces with particular emphasis on the use of mandatory military service (the draft, Selective Service) in 191718 and 194073. The final chapter provides the authors' reflections on the challenges facing the American military in the third decade of the twenty-first century and the possibility of a return to drafted military service after a half century of an All-Volunteer Force.