Army After Next: Building Down to a Hollow Army.

Abstract

This study takes a look at the predominant influences on how armies have changed and reformed themselves in the past and assesses how they are influencing the U.S. Army today. It makes a prediction on whether or not the Army's system for controlling the nature and pace of change of the Army of the future, Army After Next, will successfully achieve the desired results. It uses history to identify the factors that control and inhibit change and contemporary writings to determine the effect of the Army's attempts to manage these factors in today's strategic environment. The study ends with a prediction of success for the Army After Next project, based on how well the Army has (or hasn't) controlled the predominant factors influencing change over the past decade.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364580

Entities

People

  • Michael Cody

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Combat Readiness
  • Doctrine
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.