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Transforming an Army at war : designing the modular force, 1991-2005 / by William M. Donnelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Donnelly, William M., 1962-
- Series:
- CMH pub ; 70-108-1.
- CMH pub ; 70-108-1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Reorganization--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Reorganization--History--21st century.
- United States. Army--Organization.
- United States. Army.
- Military planning--United States.
- Military planning.
- Armed Forces--Organization.
- Armed Forces--Reorganization.
- Genre:
- History
- Government publications -- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 90 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2007.
- Summary:
- Examines the origins of the modular concept, the reasons for undertaking it, and the process for developing modular unit designs. The Army had been exploring the notion of modularity since shortly after the end of the Cold War. Modularity, at its most basic, was the idea for creating a pool of standardized, self-contained units - combat, support, and headquarters - that could plug into (and unplug from) unit formations as needed with minimal augmentation or reorganization. A modular force would greatly improve the Army's ability to configure packages of units tailored for specific missions by the regional combatant commands. This would be the most far-reaching transformation of the operational forces since World War II and the most radical since the Pentomic reorganization of the late 1950s.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The concept of modularity, 1991-2003
- Decision to create a modular army
- Task force modularity, 2003-2005
- Unit designations for modular force
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Donnelly, William M., 1962- Transforming an Army at war.
- ISBN:
- 9780160867323
- 0160867320
- OCLC:
- 608680113
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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