The Process And Politics Of Defense Acquisition A Reference Handbook
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The Process and Politics of Defense Acquisition
Author: David S. Sorenson
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date: 2008-12-30
The United States government invests billions each year on equipping armed forces with the most advanced military equipment. The root of the American defense acquisition system is driven by a combination of national interests and domestic political requirements. While fundamentally the defense acquisition system has produced results for the United States military, improvements are needed in order to continue to move forward in advancing military tactics and technology. Exploring both the systemic and political levels of the system, Sorenson argues that the United States will fall behind if the current defense acquisition system is not reformed. This book brings together elements of this complicated system, such as national security requirements, and the changes that are needed in both the structural and political pillars. A combination of political interests and the needs of the military, serviced by an ever-shrinking defense industry, make a genuine acquisition reform even more difficult, resulting in reform that is more symbolic than genuine.
The Process and Politics of Defense Acquisition
"The United States government invests billions each year providing its armed forces with the most advanced military equipment available. Defense acquisition is driven by a combination of national interests and domestic political requirements, creating a system that is deeply imbedded in complicated and extensively regulated procedures. A combination of political interests and the needs of the military, serviced by an ever-shrinking defense industry, makes genuine acquisition reform difficult, sometimes resulting in actions that are more symbolic than genuine. While the system has produced positive results for the United States military, improvements are needed to make the process work more efficiently." "Sorenson explores both the systemic and political levels of the U.S. defense acquisition system. Unlike other writers, he looks at the process and the political dynamics of the system, bringing together elements such as national security requirements and evolution and current structure, along with the political priorities and actors that influence defense acquisition. Most important, he outlines the changes that are needed in both the structural and political pillars of defense acquisition, while documenting previous reform efforts that have actually reduced the performance of the process."--BOOK JACKET.
Encyclopedia of Military Science
The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today’s military. Entries in this four-volume work include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, social, legal, economic, and technological factors. A large component is devoted to issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Finally, this work also covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events.