Militaryâ??s Peacetime Role (Implications of the Civilian Conservation Corps Experience)

<p>This thesis evaluated the military's role in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1933 1942. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of the military's involvement in the CCC on national defense on the economy and to deduce a net effect on national power. The study looked briefly at other well known peacetime ventures (Lewis and Clark Expedition Panama Canal Project air mail service) in which the military has been involved to see if there were comparable effects. An historical research methodology was used. Facts and expert opinion were gleaned from sources and evaluated to discern effects. The findings of this thesis were that the peacetime military's involvement in nation building and domestic service programs especially the CCC had predominantly positive effects on both the economic strength and the military strength of the nation and that there was an interactive net positive effect on national power. In view of the positive impacts of the military's involvement in the CCC and other civilian-like pursuits this study concluded that the military should have an enunciated dual purpose in peacetime: to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare. Finally it was suggested that a home-for-the-homeless training and public works program and a youth program involving free technical education paramilitary training and conservation work might serve the best interests of the nation today us the CCC did in the 1930s.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>