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Mark R. Grandstaff, Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Policy, 1907--1956. Washington, DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1997. Pp. 299. $40.00, hardcover.
In this well-researched monograph, Mark Grandstaff traces the development of Air Force policies relating to the recruitment, training, and retention of enlisted personnel from the formation of an aeronautical division within the Army Signal Corps in 1907 to the post-Korean War period, when the now independent air service achieved a stable career force. Grandstaff takes issue with military sociologist Charles C. Moskos' argument that the emergence of a civilianized occupational culture in the armed forces dates mainly from the …