Industrial Mobilization - The Ability to Respond.

Abstract

This paper is designed to assess the condition of our industrial base and its ability to respond to the needs of the nation with military equipment in a crisis. This objective will be pursued with a review of our nation's historical approach to the subject; discussion of problem areas; an analysis of current initiatives to correct these problems; and recommended future courses of action. My interest in the subject is the result of working as a staff officer in industrial preparedness at Headquarters, United States Development and Readiness Command (DARCOM), in the mid-1970s. In addition, an assessment will be made on industrial base plans from that period to determine the degree to which those plans continued on to effect positive trends in the condition of the base. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 1982
Accession Number
ADA116200

Entities

People

  • Thomas L. Prather Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Capital Investments
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Industrial Mobilization
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Equipment
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Second World War

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design