Military Power and the Advance of Technology: General Purpose Military Forces for the 1980s and Beyond

by Seymour J. Deitchman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429725364
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Deitchman, Seymour J.

Table of Contents

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