Service to country : personnel policy and the transformation of Western militaries / Curtis L. Gilroy and Cindy Williams, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Cindy Williams -- The transformation of European military capability, 1989-2005 / Jolyon Howorth -- Coping with demography in NATO Europe : military recruitment in times of population decline / Richard Sandell -- Impact of NATO membership on military service in the Baltic states / Vaidotas Urbelis -- The economic case for all-volunteer forces / John T. Warner and Sebastian Negrusa -- The new Danish model : limited conscription and deployable professionals / Bertel Heurlin -- General conscription and wartime reserve in Finland / Hannu Herranen -- An all-volunteer force in disguise : on the transformation of the armed forces in Germany / Gerhard Kümmel -- The transition to an all-volunteer force : the U.S. experience / Bernard D. Rostker and Curtis L. Gilroy -- Cash and in-kind compensation policies for a volunteer force / Deborah Clay-Mendez -- The British experience with an all-volunteer force / Keith Hartley -- Transition to an all-volunteer force : the French experience / Sylvain Daffix, Vincent Medina, and Cyr-Denis Nidier -- The all-volunteer Spanish armed forces / Juan Lopez Diaz -- Romania's transition to an all-volunteer force : managerial challenges and opportunities / Mihaela Matei -- Recruitment in a period of transformation : the Italian experience / Domenico Villani -- Sustaining and effective reserve : implications of the new security environment for reserve forces / Chris Donnelly -- Transformation of the reserve components of the U.S. armed forces / John D. Winkler, Robert J. St. Onge, Jr., Karen I. McKenny, and Jennifer C. Buck -- Strategic trends for reserves in small European countries : the example of Slovakia / Peter Švec -- The way ahead : transformation of personnel policies / Curtis L. Gilroy and Cindy Williams.