Downsizing has become one of the defining phenomena of the post-Cold War era, a trend affecting few sectors of American life more than the armed forces. Between 1989 and 1996, the active duty Army was cut back by more than a third, from 770,000 soldiers to fewer than half a million. Additional cuts are virtually certain to follow.
How has the Army implemented this mandate to downsize? What common threads exist between past post-war cutbacks and today's redistribution of the -peace dividend-? How has downsizing affected the morale, devotion, and disposition of the Army's officers,...
Downsizing has become one of the defining phenomena of the post-Cold War era, a trend affecting few sectors of American life more than the armed fo...
