The Army Command Post and Defense Reshaping 1987-1997

by Mark D. Sherry, Center of Military History (U.S. Army) (Produced by)

Overview

The U.S. Army underwent a decade of significant transformation between 1987 and 1997 that affected strategy, force requirements, structure, and basing requirements. The end of the Cold War provided the initial impetus for defense reshaping and drove the pace and depth of change. Reductions in forces and installations, and deferred procurement of the next generation of military equipment overlapped with efforts to adapt the Army to a new global security environment.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780160867262
Publisher:	United States Dept. of Defense
Publication date:	11/29/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mark D. Sherry received his Ph.D. in history from Georgetown University. He joined the U.S. Army Center of Military History in 1986. He is the author of the World War II commemorative campaign brochure China Defensive. While at the Center, Sherry has specialized in institutional history and has served as the Center’s representative to several study groups seeking ways to reorganize the Army in the wake of sweeping changes following the end of the Cold War. He is currently working on studies of innovation in the U.S. Army and small-unit tactical operations in Iraq.

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword
Preface
The Author
Chapter
1. Introduction
The Situation Before the Goldwater-Nichols Act
2. Antaeus and the New Paradigm, 1987–1989
The Strategic Setting After the Goldwater-Nichols Act
Readiness and Force Modernization Issues
Catalysts for Change
Antaeus
Contingency Operations
3. The Cold War Ends, 1989–1990
Quicksilver
Vanguard
The Base Force
4. Toward a New Strategy, 1989–1990
The Defense Management Review
The Gulf War
Development of a New Strategy
Reconstituting the Army
Base Realignment and Closure
HQDA Redesign, 1992
The 1992 Roles and Missions Study
5. Change from Above
The Bottom-Up Review, 1993
The Commission on Roles and Missions, 1994–1995
6. The Army Responds
New Contingencies
The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers
Force XXI
7. The Quadrennial Defense Review, 1996–1997
Changing National Military Strategy
Army Preparations for the Quadrennial Defense
Review
Joint Staff Quadrennial Defense Review Plans
The Review Begins
Results
8. Two Final Reviews, 1997–1998
The National Defense Panel
The Task Force on Defense Reform
9. Conclusion
Goldwater-Nichols
Early Reshaping
Toward a New Strategy
Process and Progress
Toward a New Century
Epilogue
Appendixes
A. Project Vanguard’s Major Command Options
B. The Road to the Quadrennial Defense Review
Select Bibliography
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Index
 

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