Kevlar legions : the transformation of the U.S. Army, 1989-2005 / by John Sloan Brown.
Argues that from 1989 through 2005 the United States Army attempted, and largely achieved, a centrally directed and institutionally driven transformation relevant to ground warfare that exploited Information Age technology, adapted to post-Cold War strategic circumstances, and integrated into parallel Department of Defense efforts. The process not only modernized equipment, it also substantially altered doctrine, organization, training, administrative and logistical practices, and the service culture. The resultant digitized expeditionary Army was as different from the late Cold War Army as the late Cold War Army was from that of the early Cold War or from the mobilization-based Armies of World Wars I and II. The book further contends that the digitized expeditionary Army has withstood the test of combat, performing superbly with respect to deployment and high-end conventional combat and capably with respect to low-intensity conflict.
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Record details
- ISBN: 0160891906
- ISBN: 9780160891908
- Physical Description: xviii, 539 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, charts (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History United States Army, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Shipping list no.: 2012-0040-P. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The tectonic shift, 1989-1991 -- The Sullivan years, 1991-1995 -- The Reimer years, 1995-1999 -- The Shinseki years, 1999-2003 -- General Peter J. Schoomaker : redefining transformation, 2003-2005 -- Army force structure, 1989-2005 -- The Army family and Army family support, 1989-2005 -- The "transformed" Army in action -- Concluding thoughts -- Appendix: Selected key civilian and military participants in Army transformation, 1989-2005. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available via the Internet from the GPO Access web site. Address as of 12/14/11: http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo16049 ; current access is available via PURL. |
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| Kevlar legions |
