New Weapons, Old Politics
New Weapons, Old PoliticsAmerica's Military Procurement Muddle
Author(s): Thomas L. McNaugher
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States
Imprint: Brookings Institution
ISBN-13: 9780815756255, 978-0815756255
Synopsis
Americans spend more than $100 billion a year to buy weapons, but no one likes the process that brings these weapons into existence. The problem, McNaugher shows, is that the technical needs of engineers and military planners clash sharply with the political demands of Congress. McNaugher examines weapons procurement since World War II and shows how repeated efforts to improve weapons acquisition have instead increased the harmful intrusion of political pressures into that technical development and procurement process.
Today's weapons are more complicated than their predecessors. So are the nation's military forces. The design of new systems and their integration into the force structure demand more care, time, and flexibility. Yet time .
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New Weapons, Old PoliticsAmerica's Military Procurement Muddle
Author(s): Thomas L. McNaugher
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States
Imprint: Brookings Institution
ISBN-13: 9780815756255, 978-0815756255
Synopsis
Americans spend more than $100 billion a year to buy weapons, but no one likes the process that brings these weapons into existence. The problem, McNaugher shows, is that the technical needs of engineers and military planners clash sharply with the political demands of Congress. McNaugher examines weapons procurement since World War II and shows how repeated efforts to improve weapons acquisition have instead increased the harmful intrusion of political pressures into that technical development and procurement process.
Today's weapons are more complicated than their predecessors. So are the nation's military forces. The design of new systems and their integration into the force structure demand more care, time, and flexibility. Yet time .
Price now:
£20.80
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New Weapons, Old PoliticsAmerica's Military Procurement Muddle
Author(s): Thomas L. McNaugher
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States
Imprint: Brookings Institution
ISBN-13: 9780815756255, 978-0815756255
Synopsis
Americans spend more than $100 billion a year to buy weapons, but no one likes the process that brings these weapons into existence. The problem, McNaugher shows, is that the technical needs of engineers and military planners clash sharply with the political demands of Congress. McNaugher examines weapons procurement since World War II and shows how repeated efforts to improve weapons acquisition have instead increased the harmful intrusion of political pressures into that technical development and procurement process.
Today's weapons are more complicated than their predecessors. So are the nation's military forces. The design of new systems and their integration into the force structure demand more care, time, and flexibility. Yet time .
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