1st Edition
Military Power And The Advance Of Technology General Purpose Military Forces For The 1980s And Beyond
By Seymour J. Deitchman
Copyright 1983
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book deals with the basic facts of the military-industrial complex, examining its institutional dynamics and constitutional barriers to change. It shows how simplistic journalistic prescriptions and trivial observations fail to do justice to the enormous complexity of an industrial economy.
Also of Interest -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- The Gradual “Revolution” in Military Technology -- New Technologies -- Tactical Nuclear Weapons -- Tactical Air and Air Defenses -- Tanks and Anti-Tank Guided Missiles -- Ships and the Evolution of War at Sea -- Using the General Purpose Forces -- Military Power in the Twentieth Century's Last Decades -- The Soviet Union as Threat -- The Defense of Western Europe -- Rapid Deployment and the Uses of the Navy -- Absorbing Technological Change -- Frustrated Expectations -- What Systems to Buy