THOMAS C. WYATT is President of Decision Sciences, Inc., in Virginia and serves as Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. He is a recognized authority on Reserve Components of military forces of the United States and other nations.REUVEN GAL was previously Chief Psychologist of the Israeli Defence Force and has also served as a combat officer in an elite infantry unit of the IDF. He has taught at Haifa University in Israel and was also a Visiting Professor at Boston University. His book A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier was published by Greenwood Press in 1986.

• Introduction Theoretical Issues: Values, Legitimacy, and Commitment Limits of Military Legitimacy and Its Relation to Military Commitment by Reuven Gal Between Social Legitimation and Moral Legitimacy in Military Commitment by Hillel Levine Values: The Ultimate Determinants of Commitment and Legitimacy by Donald L. Lang Commitment in Military Systems by Charles A. Cotton Sources of Legitimacy and Commitment The Legitimation of Combat for the Soldier by Frederick J. Manning and David H. Marlowe State and Conscience: Stages of Conscientious Objection to Military Service by Charles C. Moskos The Threat to the Legitimacy of War Posed by the Fallen Soldier: The Case of Israel by Eugene C. Weiner Commitment and Legitimacy Manifested and Measured: Nations and Organizations Armed Forces and Political Legitimacy in Tropical Africa by Claude E. Welch, Jr. Educational Benefits and the Legitimacy of Military Service by David R. Segal and Jere Cohen Societal Effects on Soldier Commitment in the Vietnamese, U.S., Soviet, and Israeli Armies by Wm. Darryl Henderson Commitment in the Military: The Army Reserve Case by Thomas C. Wyatt Conclusion Recommended Additional Reading Index

THOMAS C. WYATT is President of Decision Sciences, Inc., in Virginia and serves as Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. He is a recognized authority on Reserve Components of military forces of the United States and other nations.REUVEN GAL was previously Chief Psychologist of the Israeli Defence Force and has also served as a combat officer in an elite infantry unit of the IDF. He has taught at Haifa University in Israel and was also a Visiting Professor at Boston University. His book A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier was published by Greenwood Press in 1986.

• Introduction Theoretical Issues: Values, Legitimacy, and Commitment Limits of Military Legitimacy and Its Relation to Military Commitment by Reuven Gal Between Social Legitimation and Moral Legitimacy in Military Commitment by Hillel Levine Values: The Ultimate Determinants of Commitment and Legitimacy by Donald L. Lang Commitment in Military Systems by Charles A. Cotton Sources of Legitimacy and Commitment The Legitimation of Combat for the Soldier by Frederick J. Manning and David H. Marlowe State and Conscience: Stages of Conscientious Objection to Military Service by Charles C. Moskos The Threat to the Legitimacy of War Posed by the Fallen Soldier: The Case of Israel by Eugene C. Weiner Commitment and Legitimacy Manifested and Measured: Nations and Organizations Armed Forces and Political Legitimacy in Tropical Africa by Claude E. Welch, Jr. Educational Benefits and the Legitimacy of Military Service by David R. Segal and Jere Cohen Societal Effects on Soldier Commitment in the Vietnamese, U.S., Soviet, and Israeli Armies by Wm. Darryl Henderson Commitment in the Military: The Army Reserve Case by Thomas C. Wyatt Conclusion Recommended Additional Reading Index

THOMAS C. WYATT is President of Decision Sciences, Inc., in Virginia and serves as Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. He is a recognized authority on Reserve Components of military forces of the United States and other nations.REUVEN GAL was previously Chief Psychologist of the Israeli Defence Force and has also served as a combat officer in an elite infantry unit of the IDF. He has taught at Haifa University in Israel and was also a Visiting Professor at Boston University. His book A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier was published by Greenwood Press in 1986.

• Introduction Theoretical Issues: Values, Legitimacy, and Commitment Limits of Military Legitimacy and Its Relation to Military Commitment by Reuven Gal Between Social Legitimation and Moral Legitimacy in Military Commitment by Hillel Levine Values: The Ultimate Determinants of Commitment and Legitimacy by Donald L. Lang Commitment in Military Systems by Charles A. Cotton Sources of Legitimacy and Commitment The Legitimation of Combat for the Soldier by Frederick J. Manning and David H. Marlowe State and Conscience: Stages of Conscientious Objection to Military Service by Charles C. Moskos The Threat to the Legitimacy of War Posed by the Fallen Soldier: The Case of Israel by Eugene C. Weiner Commitment and Legitimacy Manifested and Measured: Nations and Organizations Armed Forces and Political Legitimacy in Tropical Africa by Claude E. Welch, Jr. Educational Benefits and the Legitimacy of Military Service by David R. Segal and Jere Cohen Societal Effects on Soldier Commitment in the Vietnamese, U.S., Soviet, and Israeli Armies by Wm. Darryl Henderson Commitment in the Military: The Army Reserve Case by Thomas C. Wyatt Conclusion Recommended Additional Reading Index