Command, Control, and the Common Defense

By Kenneth Allard

Book Overview

A history of the American military command structure, this book analyzes the tension between the joint teamwork demanded by modern combat and the traditions of service autonomy reinforced by competing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300043600
• ISBN13: 9780300043600
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Interservice Rivalry and DoD Decisionmaking

Ken Allard provides an insightful analysis of the warfighting philosophies underlying each of the military services and the different priorities which result. A former U.S. Army Colonel and a professor at Georgetown University, Allard provides a superlative look at the influence of Mahan, Clausewitz and Mitchell and their impact on the priorites, strategies and budgets of the navy, army and air force. Oftentimes, these diferences...