Kevlar legions : the transformation of the U.S. Army, 1989-2005 / by John Sloan Brown.
2011
UA25 .B78 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Kevlar legions : the transformation of the U.S. Army, 1989-2005 / by John Sloan Brown.
Author
Brown, John Sloan, 1949-
ISBN
9780160891908
0160891906
0160891906
Publication Details
Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History United States Army, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 539 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, charts (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Call Number
UA25 .B78 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
355.00973/09049
GPO Item No.
0344
Summary
Argues that from 1989 through 2005 the United States Army attempted, and largely achieved, a centrally directed and institutionally driven transformation relevant to ground warfare that exploited Information Age technology, adapted to post-Cold War strategic circumstances, and integrated into parallel Department of Defense efforts. The process not only modernized equipment, it also substantially altered doctrine, organization, training, administrative and logistical practices, and the service culture. The resultant digitized expeditionary Army was as different from the late Cold War Army as the late Cold War Army was from that of the early Cold War or from the mobilization-based Armies of World Wars I and II. The book further contends that the digitized expeditionary Army has withstood the test of combat, performing superbly with respect to deployment and high-end conventional combat and capably with respect to low-intensity conflict.
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Shipping list no.: 2012-0040-P.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Center of Military History.
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CMH pub ; 70-118-1.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The tectonic shift, 1989-1991
The Sullivan years, 1991-1995
The Reimer years, 1995-1999
The Shinseki years, 1999-2003
General Peter J. Schoomaker : redefining transformation, 2003-2005
Army force structure, 1989-2005
The Army family and Army family support, 1989-2005
The "transformed" Army in action
Concluding thoughts
Appendix: Selected key civilian and military participants in Army transformation, 1989-2005.
The tectonic shift, 1989-1991
The Sullivan years, 1991-1995
The Reimer years, 1995-1999
The Shinseki years, 1999-2003
General Peter J. Schoomaker : redefining transformation, 2003-2005
Army force structure, 1989-2005
The Army family and Army family support, 1989-2005
The "transformed" Army in action
Concluding thoughts
Appendix: Selected key civilian and military participants in Army transformation, 1989-2005.