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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428911162
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Army Transformation: A View from the U.S. Army War College written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Williamson Murray
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ISBN 13 : 9781312376236
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (762 download)
Download or read book Army Transformation written by Williamson Murray and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States enters a new century, its army confronts the difficult problems associated with transformation in an uncertain world. Moreover, the strategic environment makes it entirely unclear where, or when, or for what strategic purposes U.S. ground forces will find themselves committed to battle in coming decades.1 Yet, both the strategic environment as well as the harsh lessons of the past have a direct bearing on why the Army has begun the processes of transformation.2 The study of the past cannot lead to prediction as to the nature and conduct of war in the 21st century, but it does underline that sometime in the future the Army will find itself committed to a major conflict. Moreover, the nature of the current strategic environment suggests the parameters within which the future Army will have to operate. Finally, history is crucial to understanding what factors and approaches might best prepare the Army to meet future threats.
Author : Theo Farrell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107471494
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Transforming Military Power since the Cold War written by Theo Farrell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an authoritative account of how the US, British, and French armies have transformed since the end of the Cold War. All three armies have sought to respond to changes in their strategic and socio-technological environments by developing more expeditionary capable and networked forces. Drawing on extensive archival research, hundreds of interviews, and unprecedented access to official documents, the authors examine both the process and the outcomes of army transformation, and ask how organizational interests, emerging ideas, and key entrepreneurial leaders interact in shaping the direction of military change. They also explore how programs of army transformation change over time, as new technologies moved from research to development, and as lessons from operations were absorbed. In framing these issues, they draw on military innovation scholarship and, in addressing them, produce findings with general relevance for the study of how militaries innovate.
Author : Bernard Loo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134103433
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Military Transformation and Strategy written by Bernard Loo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the idea of a ‘revolution in military affairs’ (RMA), which underpins the transformational agenda of the US military, and examines its implications for smaller states. The strategic studies literature on the RMA tends to be American-centric and directed towards the strategic problems of the US military. This volume seeks to fill the gap in the literature and establish an intellectual framework that can assist other, smaller powers in their respective approaches to this issue. The book does so in three main sections; Part I focuses on questions of transformations in strategy and war; Part II explores transformations in operations; while Part III examines possible impediments to an RMA. This book will be of much interest to students of Military Studies, Asian Studies, Strategic Studies and International Relations in general.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Military Transformation written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G. Scott Taylor (Lt.Col.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Beyond the Battlefield written by G. Scott Taylor (Lt.Col.) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army goes to great lengths to capture lessons learned and preserve these lessons for current practitioners and future generations. Though the Army is one of the most self-critical organizations found in American society, a well-deserved reputation has also been earned for failing to inculcate those lessons by transforming the institutional Army. Change is achieved through a continuous cycle of adaptive innovation, experimentation, and experience. In Iraq, out of necessity while in contact with a dynamic enemy, the Army transformed on the battlefield with radical changes in doctrine, organization, training, and material, which significantly enabled battlefield success. As a result of the withdrawal of troops from Iraq at the end of 2011, this paper analyzes the success of the military's counterinsurgency strategy and nation-building efforts, examines the future of combat which the Army may face in order to recommend a suitable force posture, and makes recommendations for future competencies and capabilities utilizing the problem-solving construct of DOTMLPF in order to ensure future victories in this relevant component of the full spectrum of conflict.
Author : Carol R. Schuster
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780756727840
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Military Transformation written by Carol R. Schuster and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, the Army announced its intention to transform its forces into a more strategically responsive force that could more rapidly deploy and effectively operate in all types of mil. oper., whether small-scale contingencies or major theater wars. Army plans call for an over 30-year transformation that will lead to the ability to deploy a brigade anywhere in the world within 96 hours, a div. in 120 hours, and 5 div. within 30 days. The 1st step in this process is to form and equip 6 Interim BCT (IBCT). The first 2 brigades are now being formed. This report: identifies the expected capabilities of the IBCT; determines the Commander in Chief's views on the utility of the IBCTs; identifies the challenges that have arisen; and determines if the Army can capture lessons learned. Tables.
Author : Robert A. Doughty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76 written by Robert A. Doughty and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered by rapid technological changes. The need for the tactical doctrines of the Army to remain correspondingly abreast of these changes is thus more pressing than ever before. Future conflicts are not likely to develop in the leisurely fashions of the past where tactical doctrines could be refined on the battlefield itself. It is, therefore, imperative that we apprehend future problems with as much accuracy as possible. One means of doing so is to pay particular attention to the business of how the Army's doctrine has developed historically, with a view to improving methods of future development.
Author : William O. Odom
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890968383
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (683 download)
Download or read book After the Trenches written by William O. Odom and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the Great War, the U.S. Army faced the challenge of integrating what it had learned in the failures and ultimate success of its war effort. During the interwar years the army sought to balance readiness and modernization in a period of limited resources and technological advances with profound implications for the conduct of warfare. In After the Trenches, William O. Odom traces the development of combat doctrine between the world wars through an examination of the army's primary doctrine manuals, the Field Service Regulations. The Field Service Regulations of 1923 successfully assimilated the experiences of the First World War and translated them into viable tactical practice, Odom argues in this unique study. Rapidly developing technologies generated more efficient tools of war and greatly expanded the scale, tempo, and complexity of warfare. Personnel and materiel shortages led to a decline in the quality of army doctrine evidenced in the 1939 regulations. Examining the development of doctrine and the roles of key personalities such as John Pershing, Hugh Drum, George Lynch, Frank Parker, and Lesley McNair, Odom concludes that the successive revisions of the manual left the army scurrying to modernize its woefully outdated doctrine on the eve of the new war. This impressively researched study of the doctrine of the interwar army fills a significant gap in our understanding of the development of the U.S. Army during the first half of the twentieth century. It will serve scholars and others interested in military history as the standard reference on the subject. Moreover, many of the challenges and conditions that existed seventy years ago resemble those faced by today's army. This study of the army's historical responses to a declining military budget and an ever-changing technology will broaden the perspectives of those who must deal with these important contemporary issues.
Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781584870593
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Army Transformation written by Williamson Murray and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The U.S. Army is now in the process of transforming itself to meet security interests and the need for land power that span the globe, now and in the future. The following essays are representative of current thinking at the U.S. Army War College by students considering the nature and direction of this transformation. Dr. Williamson Murray s introduction sets the historical context for military transformation, comparing the modern European example with recent U.S. efforts in military innovation. The remaining essays address four themes: the nature of the transformed Army, building irreversible momentum for transformation, improving strategic responsiveness, and how to achieve transformation in key areas."--SSI summary.
Author : Frances M. Lussier
Publisher : Congressional Budget Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book An Analysis of the Army's Transformation Programs and Possible Alternatives written by Frances M. Lussier and published by Congressional Budget Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CBO study. Assesses the competitiveness of nuclear power compared to other sources of new capacity to generate electricity.
Author : Elinor Sloan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573569895
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Military Transformation and Modern Warfare written by Elinor Sloan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military transformation can be understood as comprising three overlapping and sometimes competing layersthe conventional-force dominated revolution in military affairs, a more recent irregular warfare emphasis, and a wider dimension including homeland defense, space and nuclear policy. The Western world is currently focusing its attention on transformation's middle layer, while China and Russia are focusing on the RMA and transformation's wider aspects. This dynamic indicates the United States and its allies should continue to prepare for the full range of conflicts. This book establishes the meaning of military transformation, assesses the manner in which certain countries are transforming their military forces, discusses the relevancy of transformation efforts to modern conflict and, in drawing out the key areas of emphasis on the part of various countries, provides a window on the future global security environment. It is divided into seven chapters, plus a conclusion. The first chapter focuses on the meaning of military transformation, establishing a framework through which national militaries can be examined. This comprises transformation's revolution in military affairs components, its newer special operations forces, counterinsurgency, and stabilization and reconstruction aspects, and its wider homeland defense, space and deterrence dimensions. The book devotes two chapters to the United States and one each to China, Russia, and NATO. It also has a chapter that looks individually at each of Australia, Britain, Canada, France and Germany. An assessment of the relevancy of force transformation to modern warfare is integrated into the discussion of what transformation means, how the United States is responding, and the concluding chapter. The book contains a biographical sketch of Andrew Marshall, Andrew Krepinevich, William Owens, Arthur Cebrowski, Donald Rumsfeld, and Thomas Barnett, all of whom have been involved in some aspect of military transformation.
Author : Darrell Brimberry
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Resourcing Army Transformation written by Darrell Brimberry and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark D. Mandeles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313083665
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Military Transformation Past and Present written by Mark D. Mandeles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformation has become a buzz word in today's military, but what are its historical precursors—those large scale changes that were once called Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMA)? Who has gotten it right, and who has not? The Department of Defense must learn from history. Most studies of innovation focus on the actions, choices, and problems faced by individuals in a particular organization. Few place these individuals and organizations within the complex context where they operate. Yet, it is this very context that is a powerful determinant of how actions are conceived, examined, and implemented, and of how errors are identified and corrected. The historical cases that Mandeles examines reveal how different military services organized to learn, accumulate, and retrieve knowledge; and how their particular organization affected everything from the equipment they acquired to the quality of doctrine and concepts used in combat. In cases where more than one community of experts was responsible for weighing in on decisionmaking, the service benefited from enhanced application of evidence, sound inference, and logic. These cases demonstrate that, for senior leadership, participating in such a system should be a strategic and deliberate choice. In each of the cases featured in this book, no such deliberate choice was made. The interwar U.S. Navy (USN) aviation community and the U.S. Marine Corps amphibious operation community were lucky that, in a time of rapid technological advance and strategic risk, their decisions in framing and solving technological and operational problems were made within a functioning multi-organizational system. The Army Air Corps and the Royal Marines were unfortunate, with corresponding results. It is characteristic of 20th-century military history that no senior civilian or military leader suggested a policy to handle overlapping responsibilities by multiple departments. Today's policymakers have not learned this lesson. In the present time, while a great deal of thought is devoted to proper organizational design and the numbers of persons required to perform necessary functions, there is still no overarching framework guiding these designs.
Author : Gordon R. Sullivan
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 076790060X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Hope Is Not a Method written by Gordon R. Sullivan and published by Currency. This book was released on 1997-09-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the Cold War, the United States Army has been reengineered and downsized more thoroughly than any other business. In the early 1990s, General Sullivan, army chief of staff, and Colonel Harper, his key strategic planner, took the post-Cold War army into the Information Age. Faced with a 40 percent reduction in staff and funding, they focused on new peacetime missions, dismantled a cumbersome bureaucracy, reinvented procedures, and set the guidelines for achieving a vast array of new goals. Hope Is Not a Method explains how they did it and shows how their experience is extremely relevant to today's businesses. From how to stay on top of long-range issues to how to maintain a productive work force during times of change, it offers invaluable lessons in leadership and provides proven tactics any business can implement.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Army Transformation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Army Transformation written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
