Defense 101 : : Understanding the Military of Today and Tomorrow / / Michael E. O'Hanlon.

In Defense 101, a concise primer for understanding the United States' $700+ billion defense budget and rapidly changing military technologies, Michael O'Hanlon provides a deeply informed yet accessible analysis of American military power.After an introduction in which O'Hanlon surveys...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 2 b&w halftones, 4 b&w line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Primer on the US Military Machine
  • 1. Defense Budgeting and Resource Allocation
  • 2. Gaming and Modeling Combat
  • 3. Technological Change and Military Innovation
  • 4. Space, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Weapons: Three Case Studies in the Science of War
  • Notes
  • Index