Universal Service: An Alternative to the All-Volunteer Armed Services

Authors

Vincent Davis

Abstract

The first instance in Western literature of an attempt to devise an ideal way to recruit and structure military forces into the fabric of a society was probably Plato's dialog, The Republic. This same general effort has continued over the intervening two and a half millennia, either aided or handicapped by changing social, political, and economic conditions.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Vincent (1970) "Universal Service: An Alternative to the All-Volunteer Armed Services," Naval War College Review: Vol. 23: No. 8, Article 4.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol23/iss8/4