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George Wilson Discusses The Pluses and Minuses of the All Volunteer Army.

Washington Post chief defense correspondent George Wilson. His new book, Mud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American Army, is an analysis of the efficiency and morale of the all-volunteer Army Infantry, the combat branch that would bear the brunt of any war, and which almost certainly sustain the highest loses. Wilson spent a year with 200 recruits, following them from basic training to maneuvers in the Mohave Desert, to their first assignments. Wilson's other books include Army in Anguish and Supercarrier.

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Other segments from the episode on July 21, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 21, 1989: Interview with George Wilson; Interview with John Hammond; Interview with David Cale; Commentary on the music of of Alva Rogers.

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