Marching Toward the 21st Century - (Contributions in Military Studies) by Mark J Eitelberg & Stephen L Mehay (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book will appeal to persons interested in national security issues and, more specifically, to those who may want to know more about the manpower and recruiting problems facing the military of the future. The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines--including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, operations research, education, and public administration. This book will also appeal to persons interested in human resource issues beyond the military, as well as those interested in tracking trends in the labor force, public opinion, education, youth attitudes, or society in general.

Book Synopsis

This book will appeal to persons interested in national security issues and, more specifically, to those who may want to know more about the manpower and recruiting problems facing the military of the future. The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines--including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, operations research, education, and public administration. This book will also appeal to persons interested in human resource issues beyond the military, as well as those interested in tracking trends in the labor force, public opinion, education, youth attitudes, or society in general.

Review Quotes

?Those interested in national security and the related problems in manpower and recruiting should find this book of particular interest. It may also interest those studying human resource issues, or those tracking trends in the labour force, education, public opinion, youth attitudes or society in general.?-Canadian Defence

"Those interested in national security and the related problems in manpower and recruiting should find this book of particular interest. It may also interest those studying human resource issues, or those tracking trends in the labour force, education, public opinion, youth attitudes or society in general."-Canadian Defence

About the Author

telberg /f Mark /i J. /r ed./b MARK J. EITELBERG is a nationally recognized authority on military manpower policy./e He is currently Associate Professor of Public Administration at the Naval Postgradudate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Eitelberg is the author and co-author of several dozen publications, and his work is widely cited in the defense literature. For the past 18 years, his research and writing have focused on issues related to population participation in the American military.

ay /f Stephen /i L. /r ed./b STEPHEN L. MEHAY is Professor of Economics in the Department of Administrative Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School./e Dr. Mehay has published over 20 journal articles and two books. His contributions span a number of different fields, including public finance, public choice, regional economics and military man-power economics. Dr. Mehay serves on the editorial board of Defence Economics.