Resourcing the Force: The Legacy of Cold War Strategy

Abstract

Throughout the Clinton administration critics have bemoaned shortfalls in resources relative to national strategy and force structure. A lapse in acquisition is frustrating recapitalization efforts and depleting the operations and maintenance account through unprecedented levels of deployment. Some estimate that both the Bottom-Up Review and the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) force structures were underfunded by as much as $30 billion per year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA527156

Entities

People

  • Ronald W. Moore

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Duty
  • Budgets
  • Cold War
  • Force Structure
  • Globalization
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges

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  • Strategic Security Studies