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Author : Istvan Gyarmati
Release : 2011
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 353/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Post-Cold War Defense Reform by : Istvan Gyarmati
Download or read book Post-Cold War Defense Reform written by Istvan Gyarmati. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents case studies of defense reform initiatives in more than twenty countries.
Author : Michael A. Hall
Release : 1993
Genre : Military doctrine
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Book Synopsis Defense Policymaking by : Michael A. Hall
Download or read book Defense Policymaking written by Michael A. Hall. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the ability of the President, Congress and Armed Services to formulate and implement defense policy that eliminates duplication and inefficiencies within service roles and missions. The hypothesis examined is that the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the four military Services will be unable to formulate any significant changes in their own roles and missions because there is a dichotomy between what the Services see as significant change (read structure) and what Congress sees as significant change (read budget). The Services inability to make change will force Congress to take the lead in the defense reform effort. However, congressional efforts to formulate and implement defense policy will prove imperfect again, unless Congress can first reform itself. Secretary Defense Les Aspin has the best opportunity to formulate and implement defense policy for a post-Cold War environment. This thesis begins with a brief overview on the origins of the present day roles and missions debate, and is followed by an examination of the Goldwater-Nichols Act that provides insight as to how legislators might work with or against the President and Services in reallocating service roles and missions. The current debate over service roles and missions is examined along with constraints and implications of defense policymaking. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congress, Service Roles Missions and Functions, Defense Policymaking, Executive Branch, Post-Cold War, Defense Reform, National Security Act of 1947, The 1948 Key West Agreement, Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986.
Author : T. Dyson
Release : 2016-02-29
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 292/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Neoclassical Realism and Defence Reform in Post-Cold War Europe by : T. Dyson
Download or read book Neoclassical Realism and Defence Reform in Post-Cold War Europe written by T. Dyson. This book was released on 2016-02-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dyson explains the convergence and divergence between British, French and German defence reforms in the post-Cold War era. He engages with cultural and realist theories and develops a neoclassical realist approach to change and stasis in defence policy, bringing new material to bear on the factors which have affected defence reforms.
Author : Tom Dyson
Release : 2008-03-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 239/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Politics of German Defence and Security by : Tom Dyson
Download or read book The Politics of German Defence and Security written by Tom Dyson. This book was released on 2008-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force. However, in comparison with its EU and NATO partners, Germany has been reticent to transform its military to meet the challenges of the contemporary security environment. Until 2003 territorial defence rather than crisis-management remained the armed forces' core role and the Bundeswehr continues to retain conscription. The book argues that 'strategic culture' provides only a partial explanation of German military reform. It demonstrates how domestic material factors were of crucial importance in shaping the pace and outcome of reform, despite the impact of 'international structure' and adaptational pressures from the EU and NATO. The domestic politics of base closures, ramifications for social policy, financial restrictions consequent upon German unification and commitment to EMU's Stability and Growth Pact were critical in determining the outcome of reform. The study also draws out the important role of policy leaders in the political management of reform as entrepreneurs, brokers or veto players, shifting the focus in German leadership studies away from a preoccupation with the Chancellor to the role of ministerial and administrative leadership within the core executive. Finally, the book contributes to our understanding of the Europeanization of the German political system, arguing that policy leaders played a key role in 'uploading' and 'downloading' processes to and from the EU and that Defence Ministers used 'Atlanticization' and 'Europeanization' in the interests of their domestic political agendas.
Author : Dave Oliver
Release : 2022
Genre : United States
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Book Rating : 767/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Defense Reform by : Dave Oliver
Download or read book American Defense Reform written by Dave Oliver. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American Defense Reform, retired admiral and defense executive Dave Oliver and historian Anand Toprani use US naval history as a guide for leading successful change in the Pentagon. The authors show that change comes from collaboration between civilians, the military, and industry that leverages each groups' strengths for the collective good.
