Taking Stock of Goldwater-Nichols

Abstract

Despite Department of Defense attitudes, Les Aspin and his colleagues on the two Armed Services Committees had high expectations for Goldwater-Nichols. Senators Barry Goldwater and Sam Nunn, leaders of defense reform, recognized that implementation of massive changes in the largest bureaucracy in the Free World would take time. They predicted that meaningful implementation of many changes, especially cultural ones, would require 5 to 10 years. The act's tenth anniversary presents an opportunity to judge whether the results have matched expectations. Comparing the performance of the defense establishment over the last decade against objectives for the Goldwater-Nichols Act provides a useful yardstick for assessing the law's contributions. (10 refs.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA423058

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  • James R. Locher Iii

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  • National Defense University

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  • Biomedical
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  • Air Force
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  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
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  • Warfare

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