Weapons Under Fire

by Holland,Lauren

• ISBN13: 9780815320678
• ISBN10: 0815320671
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii	(2)
Acknowledgments	xv	(2)
Introduction	xvii
Approaches to the Study and Explanations of Weapons Decisions	xxi	(4)
Organization of the Book	xxv	(5)
HIGHLIGHT Polaris: A Case of Rational Decision Making	xxx
CHAPTER 1 Explaining the Military Procurement Process	3	(22)
If Not Rational, Then What?	4	(21)
CHAPTER 2 Charting Military Policy: The View from the Presidency	25	(40)
Nature of the President's Powers	26	(3)
Forging Linkages Between Foreign, Defense, and Military Policy: The Role of the President	29	(1)
Foreign and Defense Policy in the Post-World War II Period: An Historical Overview	30	(21)
Presidential Influence: A Reassessment	51	(7)
HIGHLIGHTS	58	(7)
Skybolt: The President Takes a Stand and Alienates Everyone	58	(2)
Trident: Eight Presidencies and Still Playing the Waters	60	(2)
TFX: The Defense Secretary Stands Up and Takes a Fall	62	(3)
CHAPTER 3 Strategic Planning in the Pentagon: Can It Happen?	65	(42)
Making Weapons Decisions: A Theoretical Perspective	66	(15)
A Clash of Models: An Empirical Test	81	(9)
Conclusion	90	(9)
HIGHLIGHTS	99	(8)
Cheyenne: When Everything Goes Wrong	99	(2)
Skipper: Beating the Odds	101	(2)
Bradley: The Quintesential Hybrid	103	(2)
F-16: The Air Force Prevails in the End	105	(2)
CHAPTER 4 Prometheus Unbound: Technology and Weapons Development	107	(38)
The Role of Technology: A Theoretical Consideration	108	(16)
Testing the Claims of the Technology Argument	124	(8)
Conclusion	132	(6)
HIGHLIGHTS	138	(7)
Aegis: Too Sophisticated to Identify the Enemy?	138	(2)
Thor-Jupiter: The Technical Rush to Obsolescence	140	(2)
ALCM: A Weapon Looking for a Mission	142	(3)
CHAPTER 5 The Role of Congress in Weapons Acquisition Decisions: Process and Policy Considerations	145	(36)
Congressional Powers: Vast or Limited?	146	(1)
Congressional Involvement: Potential or Actual?	147	(6)
Does Activism Mean Influence?	153	(2)
Assessing Congressional Involvement: Positive, Negative, or Neutral?	155	(9)
Congressional Influence: A Prospective	164	(3)
Conclusion	167	(7)
HIGHLIGHTS	174	(7)
F/A-18 (Hornet): Congress Gets Stung	174	(2)
M-1: Congress Builds a Tank	176	(2)
DIVAD: "Sargeant York Can't Shoot"	178	(3)
CHAPTER 6 The Role of the Public	181	(34)
A Public Role: The Theoretical Debate	182	(7)
A Public Role--Pest or Panacea? An Empirical Test	189	(12)
Conclusion	201	(8)
HIGHLIGHTS	209	(6)
B-1: The Bomber That Couldn't Be One	209	(2)
MX: A Missile in Search of a Home	211	(2)
M-16 Rifle: The Army's Attack on Democracy	213	(2)
CHAPTER 7 Conclusion	215	(20)
General Propositions	216	(4)
Implications	220	(3)
A Reform Impetus	223	(3)
Reform Measures	226	(6)
HIGHLIGHT	232	(3)
F-22: Business as Usual	232	(3)
APPENDIX A Methodology	235	(6)
Dependent and Independent Variables	235	(1)
Selecting the Cases	236	(2)
Collecting the Bibliographic Sources	238	(1)
Generating the Data	238	(3)
APPENDIX B List of Questions and Coding Form	241	(4)
Acronyms and Glossary	245	(4)
Selected References	249	(12)
Index	261