Getting It RightThis is the second edition of a book about a little understood subject, the dramatic reform of the American military, and particularly the U.S. Army, between the end of the Vietnam war and the Persian Gulf war of 1990-91. The second edition material carries the study through the 1990s and a few years beyond. We cover a lot of subjects that few Americans are familiar with. The reforms after Vietnam were more driven by the results of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and paid for by defense spending increases begun by president Carter. The end of the Cold War ended up creating a need for more reforms. |
Contents
Chapter 1 | 1 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 39 |
Chapter 4 | 55 |
Chapter 5 | 65 |
Chapter 6 | 101 |
Chapter 7 | 125 |
Chapter 8 | 147 |
Chapter 11 | 200 |
Chapter 12 | 227 |
Chapter 13 | 246 |
Chapter 14 | 256 |
Chapter 15 | 287 |
Chapter 16 | 368 |
Appendices | 401 |
About the Author | 471 |
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