A Call to Civic Service: National Service for Country and Community
- ISBN-10
- 0029219914
- ISBN-13
- 9780029219911
- Category
- Political science (General)
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Author
- Charles C. Moskos
Description
A voluntary, decentralized program that links civilian and military service, Mosko's plan for the young generation of Americans would have young men and women aged 18 to 23 work in day care, correctional facilities, with the aged and infirm, as well as in non-profit associations and public agencies or as citizen-soldier components in the All-Volunteer Military Force.
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