US Military Power in the 1980s
Author: Christopher Coker
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1983-12-15
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1349069094
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Author: Christopher Coker
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1983-12-15
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1349069094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sherwood S Cordier
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 100001018X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book assesses U.S. military needs in the coming decade, focusing on the role of rapid deployment forces in protecting U.S. interests abroad. Dr. Cordier begins by discussing two general developments crucial to future military requirements: first, increasing U.S. dependence on the global sea-lanes as links to key markets; and second, improved S
Author: John L. Romjue
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. Robert Worley
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781411624412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book grew out of the need to describe the culture and structure of the uniformed services to students studying defense policy in the context of a graduate program in American government at Johns Hopkins University. The need to transform U.S. military forces was readily apparent in the 1989-1991 time frame as the Cold War came to an abrupt end. The industrial-age force of the 1980s designed to fight the military forces of another great power needed to be transformed into a force designed to intervene into the affairs of lesser powers. Instead, expensive programs were pursued to transform the industrial-age force into an information-age force to fight an unknown great power threat at an unknown future date at an unknown place. The many interventions of the Clinton and Bush administrations have exposed the failure of leadership to provide the armed forces organized, trained, and equipped for the real wars of a period between eras of great power conflict.
Author: Thomas H. Etzold
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis mildly critical overview of U.S. military capabilities and future defense needs is presented here with competence and balance. It is probably useful for the general audience for which it is apparently intended. Those more steeped in defense issues will find little that is new in detail or analysis. - Robert E. Osgood, foreignaffairs.com
Author: Seymour J. Deitchman
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Seymour J. Deitchman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0429725361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book deals with the basic facts of the military-industrial complex, examining its institutional dynamics and constitutional barriers to change. It shows how simplistic journalistic prescriptions and trivial observations fail to do justice to the enormous complexity of an industrial economy.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1428993673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Roger W. Barnett
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPossible asymmetrical warfare scenarios include launching chemical, biological, or suicide attacks; taking indiscriminate actions against critical infrastructure; using hostages or human shields; deliberately destroying the environment; and targeting noncombatants.".
Author: Adam Yarmolinsky
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 168
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