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Democracy's arsenal : creating a twenty-first-century defense industry / Jacques S. Gansler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gansler, Jacques S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Defense industries--Technological innovations--United States.
- Defense industries.
- Research, Industrial--United States.
- Research, Industrial.
- Military-industrial complex--United States.
- Military-industrial complex.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 432 p. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author describes the transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new, more effective system of national defense.
- Contents:
- The challenge
- The defense industry in perspective
- National security in the 21st century
- Characteristics of the industry in the early 21st century
- The workforce (industry, government, and university)
- The criticality of research and development
- Competition in defense acquisitions
- Other nations defense industry strategy
- Transforming the U.S. national security industry.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29470-2
- 1-283-16877-4
- 9786613168771
- 0-262-29526-1
- OCLC:
- 741614673
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