Strategy and Management in the Post-Cold War Pentagon
Abstract
The author explores two fundamental and interrelated questions about the National Military Strategy. First, how well suited is the strategy to the needs of the post-cold War world, and second, does the top political and military leadership of the Pentagon have sufficient control over the defense bureaucracy to make its decisions stick? The author's answer to the first question is that two of the strategy's four foundations--strategic defense and reconstitution--are beyond the scope of our resources as well as any conceivable threats on the horizon. In answering the second question, the author relates management to strategy and concludes that, as a result of the 1986 Defense Reorganization Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff now possess the requisite management tools to get what they want from the bureaucracies they oversee. National military strategy; interservice rivalry; defense management.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 22, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA255112
Entities
People
- Robert J. Art
Organizations
- United States Army War College