Author: Daniel R. Lake
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349786810
Size: 14.69 MB
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Book Description: Why has the US military begun to suffer from overstretch in recent decades? Why is one of the largest militaries in the world, and the most expensive by far, periodically stressed by the operational demands placed upon it? This book argues that recent problems with overstretch are the result of a heavy reliance on technology to solve tactical and strategic problems. Over the last seven decades, the US armed services have consistently chosen to push the technological frontier out in an effort to first gain, and then maintain, qualitative superiority over potential foes. The high procurement and support costs associated with cutting-edge weapon systems has resulted in a military that is shrinking in both absolute size and in the relative share of combat forces. The culmination of this process is a US military that increasingly lacks the capacity needed to conduct operations without putting significant stress on its personnel and equipment. Lake argues that this pattern is a manifestation of an American cultural disposition favoring technology. He shows that this affinity for technology is present in the organizational cultures of all the armed services, though not to the same degree. By examining procurement programs for each armed service, this book reveals how attempts to develop and leverage superior technology has resulted in some notable program failures, high procurement costs for the latest generation of equipment with associated production cuts, and the high support requirements that are causing the relative share of combat forces to shrink. Lake’s analysis of recent initiatives by the armed services suggests that this pattern is likely to continue, with the US military remaining prone to overstretch whenever its operational tempo increases above the peacetime baseline.

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Impact Of Technology On Military Manpower Requirements Readiness And Operations

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel
Publisher:
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Size: 79.84 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Technological innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Military Construction Authorization Fiscal Year 1981

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Construction and Stockpiles
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Size: 20.40 MB
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Joint Military Net Assessment

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Size: 14.65 MB
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Category : United States
Languages : en
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Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists

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Size: 69.89 MB
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Minnesota Journal Of Global Trade

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Handbook Of Advocacy Advertising

Author: S. Prakash Sethi
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Size: 16.49 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Advocacy advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 577
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The Middle East Abstracts And Index

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Size: 56.93 MB
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages :
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Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress
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Size: 54.96 MB
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Category : Law
Languages : en
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Free Palestine

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Size: 27.35 MB
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Category : Jewish-Arab relations
Languages : en
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