In Shaping U.S. Military Forces, D. Robert Worley assesses military
force changes that have been made since the Cold War, explains the
many changes that have not been made, and recommends changes that
must be made—as well as exploring the ways in which political and
military forces line up to resist them. For over forty years there
was consensus about maintaining large U.S. military forces. Today,
as evidenced by the steady decline in defense spending since 1985,
that consensus has evaporated, and a new equilibrium is being
sought. Yet evidence of transformation is modest. By outward
appearances, today's military is principally a smaller version of
our Cold War forces, despite the fact that threat, missions, and
strategies have changed. There has been no lack of reform effort at
the highest levels of the defense bureaucracy. Under the leadership
of General Colin Powell, the Joint Chiefs of Staff reexamined the
roles and missions of the services. Recommendations followed. But,
according to observers, change occurred only at the margins. Worley
argues that the highly institutionalized cultures of the uniformed
services offer the best explanation for why the American military
is not a different force well over a decade after the fall of the
Berlin Wall. Significant historical events, primarily from World
War II forward, are used to explain belief systems within the
individual services and sometimes within specific branches within a
single service. Force planners commonly measure military end
strength in terms of divisions, wings, and battle groups.
Therefore, Worley examines the most important organizational
structures—armored and infantry divisions, fighter and bomber
wings, and carrier battle groups—and does so in the context of
conflicts, including Vietnam, the Gulf War, Panama, Kosovo, and
Somalia, and of course the unfinished conflicts in Afghanistan and
Iraq. He highlights problems associated with the clash of service
conceptions of war and the requirements of real conflict to examine
the shape U.S. military forces have—and the shape they should
assume.
General
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Praeger Security International |
| Release date: |
March 2006 |
| First published: |
March 2006 |
| Authors: |
D. Robert Worley
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
312 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-275-99031-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-275-99031-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780275990312 |
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