Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780262531948
Category
355.0 MILITARY SCIENCE
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
326
Subject
National security -- United States; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Armed Forces;
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Description
Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threaten our military's effectiveness.Keeping the Edge goes beyond questions of Pentagon reorganization and weapons procurement to explore how the US defense establishment can improve its readiness, logistics, and ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. It also looks at how the US military can exploit information technology more effectively, improve its intelligence, and counter asymmetric threats. More comprehensive than the usual exhortation to cut waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon, the book in fact recommends changes in many government agencies, not just the Department of Defense. It shows how the US can improve its ability to implement its policies and to anticipate and adapt to a changing and uncertain world. - from Amzon
Biblio Notes
CONTENTS
1 Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future Ashton B. Carter ...p. 1
2 Keeping the Edge in Joint Operations John M. Shalikashvili and Bruce Rember and Phil Ehr and Thomas Longstreth ...............................................p. 27
3 Exploiting the Internet Revolution Victor A. DeMarines and
David Lehman and John Quilty ..................................................................p. 61
4 Keeping the Edge in Intelligence Robert J. Hermann ..............................p. 103
5 Countering Asymmetric Threats Ashton B. Carter and
Marcel Lettre and Shane Smith ................................................................p. 119
6 Keeping the Technological Edge Ashton B. Carter and
Marcel Lettre and Shane Smith ................................................................p. 129
7 Advancing the Revolution in Business Affairs Michael J. Lippitz and
Sean O'Keefe and John P. White and John Brown .......................................p. 165
8 Ensuring Quality People in Defense David S. C. Chu and
John P. White and Nurith Berstein and John Brown .....................................p. 203
9 Managing the Pentagon's International Relations
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Christiana Briggs and Anja Miller ................p. 235
10 Strengthening the National Security Interagency Process John Deutch
and Arnold Kanter and Brent Scowcroft and Christopher Hornbarger .............p. 265
11 Implementing Change Judith A. Miller ............................................p. 285
About the Core Group and the Authors ..............................................p. 303
Index .....................................................................................p. 315
About the Preventive Defense Project .............................................p. 327
About the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs ...............p. 330
1 Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future Ashton B. Carter ...p. 1
2 Keeping the Edge in Joint Operations John M. Shalikashvili and Bruce Rember and Phil Ehr and Thomas Longstreth ...............................................p. 27
3 Exploiting the Internet Revolution Victor A. DeMarines and
David Lehman and John Quilty ..................................................................p. 61
4 Keeping the Edge in Intelligence Robert J. Hermann ..............................p. 103
5 Countering Asymmetric Threats Ashton B. Carter and
Marcel Lettre and Shane Smith ................................................................p. 119
6 Keeping the Technological Edge Ashton B. Carter and
Marcel Lettre and Shane Smith ................................................................p. 129
7 Advancing the Revolution in Business Affairs Michael J. Lippitz and
Sean O'Keefe and John P. White and John Brown .......................................p. 165
8 Ensuring Quality People in Defense David S. C. Chu and
John P. White and Nurith Berstein and John Brown .....................................p. 203
9 Managing the Pentagon's International Relations
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Christiana Briggs and Anja Miller ................p. 235
10 Strengthening the National Security Interagency Process John Deutch
and Arnold Kanter and Brent Scowcroft and Christopher Hornbarger .............p. 265
11 Implementing Change Judith A. Miller ............................................p. 285
About the Core Group and the Authors ..............................................p. 303
Index .....................................................................................p. 315
About the Preventive Defense Project .............................................p. 327
About the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs ...............p. 330
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