CONSTABULARY ATTITUDES OF NATIONAL-GUARD AND REGULAR SOLDIERS IN THE US-ARMY

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has expanded its role in peacekeeping operations around the world. However, budgetary press ures in the late 1980s led to a reduction, beginning in 1987, in the s ize of the active farce that increased its dependency on reserve force s. This article presents an analysis of data on American soldiers in t wo different units, one reserve and one active duty, to determine the attitudes of soldiers in each unit toward peacekeeping norms of impart iality and the use of force, the role of the military in peacekeeping, and whether such missions are appropriate for their unit. Differences between reserve soldiers' responses from those of the active duty uni t are discussed. In general, soldiers in both units accept most peacek eeping norms. Although both units felt that peacekeeping was not appro priate for their unit, soldiers in the reserve unit generally had more constabulary attitudes than those in the active duty unit. These find ings suggest that members of die reserve components may be regarded as an appropriate source for peacekeeping personnel in the future.