Handbook of Military AdministrationJeffrey A. Weber, Johan Eliasson CRC Press, 2007 M12 7 - 480 pages While policy makers are perpetually conceptualizing new reform packages, the actual enactment of those reforms is typically more challenging. Remarkably, the one public institution that is able to meet that challenge is also the largest. The United States Department of Defense, which employs over 600,000 people and deals with $500 billion in fundin |
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Chapter 3 Military Administration 18501900 | 31 |
Chapter 4 Reshaping the Defense Enterprise | 47 |
Chapter 5 Strategic Planning by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 1990 to 2005 | 75 |
Chapter 6 The Leviathans Bit The US Defense Budget | 99 |
DoDs National Security Personnel System Faces Implementation Challenges | 125 |
Chapter 8 The History and Role of TRADOC System Manager TSM Abrams | 145 |
Chapter 12 CivilMilitary Relations Theory and Military Effectveness | 237 |
Chapter 13 Application of the Military for Coutnering Nostate Terrorist and Guerilla Networks | 255 |
Chapter 14 Military Leadership and Culture | 283 |
Chapter 15 The Profession of Arms and the Management of Violence | 301 |
The European Security and Defense Policy | 317 |
Chapter 17 Transformation at Last? Achieving Radical Military Reform in the Czech Republic and Slovakia | 347 |
Chapter 18 Overview of Latin Americas Military Administrations | 373 |
Peoples Republic of China | 409 |
Chapter 9 Private Military Companies | 161 |
Chapter 10 Defense Policy and Doctrinal Insluation | 191 |
Chapter 11 Military and Homeland Security | 221 |
Index | 429 |
Back cover | 451 |
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