FREDLAND J Eric (ed.) <br/><br/>
Professionals on the front Line:  two decades of the All- Volunteer Force 

 - Washington, D.C.:  Brassey's,  1996 
 - 326p. 
<br/><br/> It contains the proceedings of a conference held at United States naval academy 1993 reviewing the US experience under the All-Volunteer Force concept and previewing the future of the force.  The earlier conference held in the midst of the Cold War carried an air of pesimism over the efficacy of a volunteer armed forces.  The second conference held after the demise of the Soviet Union the break-up of the Warsaw Pact and the remarkably quick successes in the Persian Gulf War. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>(hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>VOLUNTEER FORCE -- ARMED FORCES<br/>UNITED STATES -- POLICY ISSUES<br/>UNITED STATES -- MILITARY -- SOCIETY<br/>MILITARY WOMEN