Legacies of the All-Volunteer Force, Fifty Years On

Speaker: 
Dr. Amy Rutenberg
 
06 Nov 2023
 
6:00 PM
 
Great Hall, Memorial Union
Co-sponsors: 
  • Military-Affiliated Student Center
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

The 2023 Gold Star Hall Ceremony Lecture

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the American draft, it’s also a historical moment when the military, especially the Army, can’t make its recruiting quotas and the civil-military gap is gaping. With the help of the audience, we will discuss the legacies of the All-Volunteer Force, with a particular eye toward who serves, who doesn’t, and what can be done about it.

Amy J. Rutenberg is Associate Professor of History and the author of Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance.  She is currently working on a book tentatively titled, In the Service of Peace: The Effects of Peace Activism on America’s All-Volunteer Force.

The University Book Store will be onsite selling her book at the event.


This lecture was recorded and can be viewed on the Available Recordings page.