Is National Service Feasible?

Abstract

The concept of service to one's country has been part of American history since the first colonists, but mainly it has been understood in terms of serving in the nation's armed forces. This paper analyzes the feasibility of national service in a variety of forms to meet the foreign and domestic national security needs of the United States. After a survey of the history of national service in America, the ends, ways and means model of national strategy formulation is used to consider various types of national service programs. The study concludes that not only does national service provide cost effective ways of addressing pressing domestic and foreign national security threats, it strengthens the basic values civic duty and patriotic service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295848

Entities

People

  • Geoffrey H. Moran

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Medical Personnel
  • Militia
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity
  • Students
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies