Part I. The All-Volunteer Force and its prospects : conditions and alternatives. Military organization and personnel accession : What changed with the AVF. . .and what didn't / David R. Segal

An analysis of the All-Volunteer Armed forces : past and future / Richard W. Hunter

The manning of the Force and the structure of battle : part I : the AVF and the draft / David H. Marlowe

If the draft is restored : uncertainties, not solutions / Kenneth J. Coffey

Part II. Political obligation. The obligations of citizens and the justification of conscription / A. John Simmons

Individual rights and political-military obligation / Alan Gewirth.

Part III. Who should serve? : distributive fairness and conscientious objection. Liberalism, unfair advantage, and the Volunteer Armed Forces / Jules L. Coleman

The rationality of military service / Adrian M.S. Piper

Conscientious objection to military service / James F. Childress

Part IV. Race and gender. Changing organizational structure and the future of race relations in the military / John Sibley Butler and Malcolm D. Holmes

The All-Volunteer Force and racial balance / Robert K. Fullinwider

The manning of the Force and the structure of battle : part 2 : men and women / David H. Marlowe

Women's roles in the U.S. Armed Forces : an evaluation of evidence and arguments for policy decisions / Mady Wechsler Segal

Drafting women : pieces of a puzzle / Sara Ruddick.