TY - BOOK AU - GILROY Curtis l TI - Service to country: personnel policy and the transformation of western militaries SN - 0262572354 (pbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge Mass PB - MIT Press KW - ARMED FORCES KW - PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT KW - RECRUITMENT KW - RESERVE FORCES N2 - Study of the personnel policies of NATO members in the 21st century. Part one considers the supply and demand of personnel and the effect of innovations in military technology and national demographic patterns, part two presents different personnel models, while part three looks at six examples of countries transitioning from mixed conscript and volunteer forces to all volunteer forces, the fourth and final part looks at policies concerning reserve forces ER -