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The Pursuit of Technological Superiority and the Shrinking American Military (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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The Pursuit of Technological Superiority and the Shrinking American Military (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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Why has the US military begun to suffer from overstretch in recent
decades? Why is one of the largest militaries in the world, and the
most expensive by far, periodically stressed by the operational
demands placed upon it? This book argues that recent problems with
overstretch are the result of a heavy reliance on technology to
solve tactical and strategic problems. Over the last seven decades,
the US armed services have consistently chosen to push the
technological frontier out in an effort to first gain, and then
maintain, qualitative superiority over potential foes. The high
procurement and support costs associated with cutting-edge weapon
systems has resulted in a military that is shrinking in both
absolute size and in the relative share of combat forces. The
culmination of this process is a US military that increasingly
lacks the capacity needed to conduct operations without putting
significant stress on its personnel and equipment. Lake argues that
this pattern is a manifestation of an American cultural disposition
favoring technology. He shows that this affinity for technology is
present in the organizational cultures of all the armed services,
though not to the same degree. By examining procurement programs
for each armed service, this book reveals how attempts to develop
and leverage superior technology has resulted in some notable
program failures, high procurement costs for the latest generation
of equipment with associated production cuts, and the high support
requirements that are causing the relative share of combat forces
to shrink. Lake's analysis of recent initiatives by the armed
services suggests that this pattern is likely to continue, with the
US military remaining prone to overstretch whenever its operational
tempo increases above the peacetime baseline.
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