1st Edition
Handbook of Military Administration
480 Pages
28 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
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While policy makers are perpetually conceptualizing new reform packages, the actual enactment of those reforms is typically more challenging. Remarkably, the one public institution that is able to meet that challenge is also the largest. The United States Department of Defense, which employs over 600,000 people and deals with $500 billion in funding, has proven itself quite capable of... Read more
Introduction. Professionals, Bureaucrats, and Citizen Soldiers: The Countervailing Patterns of American Military Administration. Military Administration 1850 - 1900. Reshaping the Defense Enterprise. Strategic Planning by the Chairmen, Joint Chiefs Staffs, 1990 - 2005. The Leviathan's Bit: The U.S. Defense Budget. Human Capital: DoD's National Security Personnel System Faces Implementation Challenges. The History and Role of TRADOC Systems Manager Abrams. Private Military Companies. Defense Policy and Doctrinal Insulation. Military and Homeland Security. Civil-Military Relations Theory and Military Effectiveness. Application of the Military for Countering Non-State Terrorist and Guerilla Networks. Military Leadership and Culture. The Profession of Arms and the Management of Violence. Regional Defense Policy: The European Security and Defense Policy. Transformation at Last? Achieving Radical Military Reform in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Overview of Latin America's Military Administration. National Defense: People's Republic of China.
Biography
Jeffrey A. Weber, Johan Eliasson
