Military Memories: Draft Era Veterans Recall their Service

by Donald Zillman (Editor)

Overview

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 1917–18 and 1940–73. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839986451
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	09/10/2022
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Donald Zillman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (BS), the University of Wisconsin Law School (JD), and the University of Virginia Law School (LLM). Following service as a Law Clerk to Federal Court of Appeals Judge James M. Carter he was commissioned as a Captain in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Following JAG School basic training he was assigned to the JAG School at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. There he served as the editor of the Military Law Review and as a faculty member in the Civil Law Division.

Table of Contents

Bios of Contributors; Section I Introduction; Section II America Raises Its Military Forces, Bibliography; Section III Personal Recollections, Eugene R. Fidell, Tom Mackie, Mick McBee, Arne Salvesen, Leif Salvesen, Paul Strieby, John Tewhey, Donald Zillman; Section IV Perspectives on Today’s Military, The Draft and the All-Volunteer Force, Our Shared Experiences, The Contemporary American Military, Decisions for the Government about a Renewed Draft, The Extraordinary Events of 2020–22; Index