Past and future
Subtitle: insights for reserve component use
By: Harry J. Thie ... [et al.]
Contributors: Thie, Harry
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: United States -- Armed Forces -- Reserves; United States -- Armed Forces -- Personnel management
Description: Four white papers, or think pieces, covering diverse topics--strategic ballistic missile defense programs, homeland security operations, manning and absorption problems, smaller-scale contingency operations--all linked by the common purpose of providing the Office of the Secretary of Defense with a range of considerations and alternatives for the prospective use of the Reserve Components in the military of the future. They raise key issues, explore past analyses, and offer recommendations for further research.
Notes: "TR-140."