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#NatSec twitter is all abuzz about the operational reserve component and its implications for civil-military relations. I happen to have done some recent work on the subject (with @lindsaypcohn and the twitterless Doug Kriner) so it's time for a thread! #AcademicFridayNight
We were puzzled by the seeming reversal from the Vietnam-era to today in terms of politicians' perceptions of the political costs associated with different manpower systems. Then, a draft was perceived as less politically costly than deploying reservists and members of the Guard.
Today, the reserve component has been continually deployed in support of overseas operations (since at least the early 1990s) without public outcry. But now there's a perception that a draft would be so politically costly that it would constrain decisions to use force.
