Full Description
This book focuses on military conscription in 22 countries that represent the world's regions. The purpose is to shed light on the history, politics, and main events that led to the choice of conscription or professional military forces in the countries under study. While we acknowledge that practical and technological developments played major roles in this choice, we also understand that racial and gender relations, social group and political regime dynamics, regional influences, and international forces also affected military composition and relations to the rest of the society. Through this review, we aim at providing an easy-to-access source of knowledge about military mobilization policies and historical developments as well as the main ideas, politics, and events that shaped them. Through this review, we offer a glimpse on developments that influenced societies and political systems and were reflected in their militaries.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Military Forces the World Over
Part 2 Part I: Historical Background
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Military Conscription Past and Present
Part 4 Part II: Country by Country Review
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Canada
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: United States
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Argentina
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Brazil
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: United Kingdom
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: France
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Germany
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Italy
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Spain
Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Sweden
Chapter 15 Chapter 12: Hungary
Chapter 16 Chapter 13: Poland
Chapter 17 Chapter 14: Russia
Chapter 18 Chapter 15: Israel
Chapter 19 Chapter 16: Egypt
Chapter 20 Chapter 17: Iran
Chapter 21 Chapter 18: Nigeria
Chapter 22 Chapter 19: South Africa
Chapter 23 Chapter 20: India
Chapter 24 Chapter 21: China
Chapter 25 Chapter 22: Japan
Chapter 26 Chapter 23: Australia
Part 27 Part III: Concluding Comments
Chapter 28 Chapter 24: 24.Concluding Comments
Chapter 29 Appendix A
