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241 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. vii (1945)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0241 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD THE proposal of compulsory military training is not an entirely new idea to the American people. On three occasions we have passed legislation requiring able-bodied citizens to serve their country in time of war. After World War I we first debated the possibility of compulsory peacetime training and now again we are considering the same problem in a new perspective. The issue has already received wide discussion in the press and over the dis- cussion table. Bills are before the houses of Congress. The Select Committee on Postwar Military Policies has held hearings and made further recommendations, and regular legislative committees will thoroughly investigate the subject from all angles. It is desirable that every phase of the problem receive appropriate discussion. The reader may note some discrepancy in figures from one article to another. Attempt has been made to eliminate these wherever possible, but in certain mat- ters there are no official figures. The volume is focused on a discussion of the present plan of the armed services and does not consider all possible variations of military training. As public discussion continues, these variations may be weighed for whatever merit they may have. An excellent bibliography on this subject has been compiled by Frances Cheney and published by the Library of Congress. PAUL RUSSELL ANDERSON vii

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