
Finding the Target
The Transformation of American Military Policy
Frederick Kagan(Author)
Encounter Books,USA (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 25. October 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-59403-204-2 (ISBN)
Description
In Finding the Target, Frederick Kagan describes the three basic transformations within the U.S. military since Vietnam. First was the move to an all-volunteer force and a new generation of weapons systems in the 1970s. Second was the emergence of stealth technology and precision-guided munitions in the 1980s. Third was the information technology that followed the fall of the Soviet Union and the first Golf War. This last could have insured the U.S. continuing military preeminence, but this goal was compromised by Clinton's drawing down of our armed forces in the 1990s and Bush's response to 9/11 and the global war on terror.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59403-204-2 (9781594032042)
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