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9780203892473

US Defense Politics : The Origins of Security Policy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203892473

  • ISBN10:

    020389247X

  • Copyright: 2008-08-06
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

This new textbook explains how US defence and national security policy is formulated and conducted.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
A Short History
Enduring Questions
America's Security Strategy
American Power
Dilemmas of American Grand Strategy
Post-Cold War Grand Strategy Alternatives
Constraints on American Security Policy
The American Way of Warfare
Who Fights America's Wars?
The Different Systems
The Guard and Reserves
Who Volunteers Unanticipated Consequences of the AVF
Socializing the Force
The Military and National Politics
Not Above Politics Anymore
Soldiers' Personal Politics
Partisan National Security Policy?
Resisting Control
The Goldwater-Nichols Reform
Civilians Push Back
Controlling Professionals
The Political Economy of Defense
The Defense Budget
Replacing Public Arsenals with Private Firms
How Private Arsenals Work
A Cyclical Business
Regulation, Not Industrial Policy
The Strangest of Customers
The Weapons Acquisition Process
The Weapons Acquisition Scorecard
Two Types of Uncertainty
Seeking Reform
Making It Worse
Making It Work
Managing Defense
Management under Constraints
Managing To Do What?
Robert Strange McNamara
Donald Rumsfeld
Managing the Un-Manageable
Service Politics
The U.S. Marine Corps
The U.S. Army
The U.S. Navy
The U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Special Operations Command
Jointness
Congress, Special Interests, and the President
Little Interest in Oversight
Super-Special Interests as "Cargo Cults"
Presidents React to Opportunities
The Politics of National Security Policymaking
Homeland Security
Recognizing Threats to the Homeland
Don't Just Stand There, Reorganize!
More Planning, Please
Rise of the First Responders WMD
Preparing for the Next War
Markets versus Planning
Public versus Private
Experts versus Politics
Centralization versus Decentralization
Hail Confusion and Indecision
Glossary
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