
Democracy's Arsenal
Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry
Jacques S. Gansler(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 3. June 2011
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-262-07299-1 (ISBN)
Description
New geopolitical realities -- including terrorism, pandemics, rogue nuclear states,
resource conflicts, insurgencies, mass migration, economic collapse, and cyber attacks -- have
created a dramatically different national-security environment for America. Twentieth-century
defense strategies, technologies, and industrial practices will not meet the security requirements
of a post-9/11 world. In Democracy's Arsenal, Jacques Gansler describes the
transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new, more effective system of
national defense. Drawing on his decades of experience in industry, government, and academia,
Gansler argues that the old model of ever-increasing defense expenditures on largely outmoded
weapons systems must be replaced by a strategy that combines a healthy economy, effective
international relations, and a strong (but affordable) national security posture. The defense
industry must remake itself to become responsive and relevant to the needs of twenty-first-century
security.
resource conflicts, insurgencies, mass migration, economic collapse, and cyber attacks -- have
created a dramatically different national-security environment for America. Twentieth-century
defense strategies, technologies, and industrial practices will not meet the security requirements
of a post-9/11 world. In Democracy's Arsenal, Jacques Gansler describes the
transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new, more effective system of
national defense. Drawing on his decades of experience in industry, government, and academia,
Gansler argues that the old model of ever-increasing defense expenditures on largely outmoded
weapons systems must be replaced by a strategy that combines a healthy economy, effective
international relations, and a strong (but affordable) national security posture. The defense
industry must remake itself to become responsive and relevant to the needs of twenty-first-century
security.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Illustrations
32 Schaubilder, 28 Tabellen
32 figures, 28 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-07299-1 (9780262072991)
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Jacques S. Gansler is the author of the influential books The Defense Industry (1980), Affording Defense (1989), and Defense Conversion: Transforming the Arsenal of Democracy (1996), all published by the MIT Press. He is currently Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, and served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology, and Logistics from 1997 to 2001.