U.S. defense strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom
Subtitle: military innovation and the new American way of war, 1973- 2003
By: Robert R. Tomes.
Series: Strategy and history -- 19.; Cass series--strategy and history -- 19.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Strategy -- History -- 20th century; Strategy -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Military innovation and defense transformation; title: On military innovation; title: American military strategy from World War II to Vietnam; title: Military innovation in the shadow of Vietnam: the offset strategy; title: Expanding missions, new operational capabilities; title: From RMAS to transformation:; title: Rediscovering the innovation imperative; title: Conclusion: revisiting the military innovation framework.