Transforming defense
By: edited by Conrad C. Crane.
Contributors: Crane, Conrad C.; Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.; U.S. Army War College Conference on Strategy (12th : 2001 : Carlisle Barracks, Pa.)
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Carlisle, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: United States. Army -- Reorganization -- Congresses.; United States. Dept. of Defense -- Reorganization -- Congresses.; Military planning -- United States -- Congresses.; United States -- Defenses -- Congresses.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization -- Congresses.; United States -- Foreign public opinion, British.; United States -- Foreign public opinion, Ukrainian.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"December 2001."
Collection of papers from the Twelfth Annual Strategy Conference conducted by the U.S. Army War College in April 2001, "Transforming defense in an era of peace and prosperity"--Foreword.
Also available via Internet from the SSI web site. Address as of 6/3/02: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/ssipubs/pubs2001/trnsdefs/trnsdefs.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I: Historical overview of transforming American defense. 1. Peacetime transformation in the U.S. Army, 1865-1965 / Brian McAlister Linn. 2. American military tradition and Post-Cold War operations / Frank N. Schubert. 3. Army transformation: a tale of two doctrines / David Jablonsky; title: Pt. II: Transformation plans and barriers. 4. Technology and complexity: the modern military's capacity for change / Chris C. Demchak and Patrick D. Allen. 5. What do we really know about an uncertain DoD budget? / Leslie K. Lewis and Roger Allen Brown; title: Pt. III: External views of transformation. 6. United Kingdom's view of U.S. Army transformation / W.H. Moore. 7. American defense transformation: a view from Ukraine / Leonid I. Polyakov.