Kevlar legions : the transformation of the U.S. Army, 1989-2005 / by John Sloan Brown.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Brown, John Sloan, 1949-

Contributor:

Center of Military History

Series:

CMH pub ; 70-118-1.

CMH Pub ; 70-118-1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Reorganization--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Army--Reorganization--History--21st century.

United States. Army--History--20th century.

United States. Army--History--21st century.

United States. Army.

Military doctrine--United States--History--20th century.

Military doctrine.

Military doctrine--United States--History--21st century.

Armed Forces--Reorganization.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 539 pages) : color illustrations, color maps (digital, PDF file).

Other Title:

Transformation of the US Army, 1989-2005

Transformation of the United States Army, 1989-2005

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, 2011.

Summary:

Argues that from 1989 through 2005 the United States Army attempted, and largely achieved, a centrally directed and institutionally driven transformation relevant to ground warfare that exploited Information Age technology, adapted to post-Cold War strategic circumstances, and integrated into parallel Department of Defense efforts. The process not only modernized equipment, it also substantially altered doctrine, organization, training, administrative and logistical practices, and the service culture. The resultant digitized expeditionary Army was as different from the late Cold War Army as the late Cold War Army was from that of the early Cold War or from the mobilization-based Armies of World Wars I and II. The book further contends that the digitized expeditionary Army has withstood the test of combat, performing superbly with respect to deployment and high-end conventional combat and capably with respect to low-intensity conflict.

Contents:

Introduction

The tectonic shift, 1989-1991

The Sullivan years, 1991-1995

The Reimer years, 1995-1999

The Shinseki years, 1999-2003

General Peter J. Schoomaker : redefining transformation, 2003-2005

Army force structure, 1989-2005

The Army family and Army family support, 1989-2005

The "transformed" Army in action

Concluding thoughts

Appendix : key civilian and military participants in Army transformation, 1989-2005.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 2, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Brown, John S. (John Sloane). Kevlar legions.

OCLC:

759406464