Democracy's Arsenal

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.