Military Reform: An Uneven History and an Uncertain Future

by Winslow T. Wheeler and Lawrence Korb

By reference to the fundamental strengths and weaknesses of America's armed forces, Wheeler and Korb establish a definition of what genuine military reform is and is not, and identify what really needs to be done to transform our military. They compare genuine reform with "cosmetic dabbling"--that improves nothing and often burdens US combat forces to the point of mental and physical immobility.

They focus particularly on the reforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804761639
• ISBN13: 9780804761635
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"