United States Policies and Planning for Manpower Readiness for War
Author : Edward L. Keenan
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Edward L. Keenan
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Edward L. Keenan
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Richard K. Betts
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815717075
Throughout most of American history, U.S. military forces proved unready for the wars that were thrust upon them and suffered costly reverses in early battles. During the Cold War, for the first time, U.S. defense policy tried to maintain high readiness in peacetime. But now, with the Cold War over and defense budgets falling, what will happen to U.S. military forces? Will they revert to a state of unpreparedness or find a new balance? Politicians and military planners alike have found this crucial issue especially difficult to deal with because they have often misunderstood what readiness really means. In this book, security expert Richard Betts surveys problems in developing and measuring combat readiness before, during, and after the Cold War. He analyzes why attempts to maximize it often have counterproductive effects, and how confusions in technical concepts cause political controversy. The book explores conflicts between two objectives that are both vital but work against each other because they compete for resources: operational readiness to fight immediately, and structural readiness—the number of organized units that increase military power, but require time during a crisis to gear up for combat. Betts also discusses the problem brought on by the Cold War and plunging defense budgets: mobilization readiness—the plans and arrangements needed to shorten the time for recreating a large military if it once again becomes necessary. Betts offers new ideas for understanding the dilemmas and tradeoffs that underlie debates on how readiness should be maintained in peacetime, and he explores the strategic consequences of different choices.
Author : Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.)
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 33,82 MB
Release : 1958
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Author : United States Civil Service Commission
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Page : 282 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Civil defense
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Author : Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.)
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 1994
Category : United States
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Author : Aaron James Ard
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 19,18 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Civil-military relations
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Using well-developed theories of organizational culture and its affects on attraction, retention and performance this dissertation examines cultural causes for the personnel deficit currently being experienced by the Armed Services (Cable & Judge, 1996; Galbraith & Kazanjian, 1986; Judge & Cable, 1997; Nadler & Tushman, 1980; Schneider et al., 1995; Semler, 1997). These theories linking culture and organizational success where tested using survey data from 2040 civilian and 2851 military leaders stationed throughout the U.S.
Author : Byron Fairchild
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Labor supply
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