http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/03/70-...litary-duty%2F
"The economic meltdown and rising unemployment, combined with bigger military bonuses and benefits, enticed hundreds of thousands to enlist despite the inevitability most would be sent to war."
One thing that gets me about articles like this is the fairly typical assumption that the record recruitment levels are
despite the excellent chance these kids are going to end up in a warzone. It never seems to occur to the authors that the fact there is a war is what is enticing some of these kids to join.