Military change is difficult -- The military as a large organization -- The military as a bureaucracy -- The special nature of military organizations -- Types of military change -- The literature on military change -- Innovation -- Military doctrine -- Civil-military relations and military change -- Technological change -- The need for a new approach -- Who initiates reform? -- What motivates change? -- Institutionalization -- The argument -- The U.S. Army in the 1970s and 1980s -- Westmoreland's watch, 1968-1972 -- The Abrams/Weyand period, 1972-76 -- Training and Doctrine Command, 1973-1982 -- Conclusion.
Call number
GPO Internet D 101.146/3:T 68/3
Language
English
Note
"September 2010."
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-61).
Reproduction (note)
Electronic reproduction.
Source of description (note)
Description based on PDF version; title from title screen (viewed Oct. 8, 2010).
Author
Nielsen, Suzanne C., author.
Title
An army transformed : the U.S. Army's post-Vietnam recovery and the dynamics of change in military organizations / Suzanne C. Nielsen.
Publisher
Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010.