Military readiness: concepts, choices, consequences
In this book, strategy expert Richard K. Betts surveys problems in developing and measuring combat readiness before, during, and after the cold war. He analyzes why attempts to maximize it often have counterproductive effects, and how confusions in technical concepts cause political controversy
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| Summary: | In this book, strategy expert Richard K. Betts surveys problems in developing and measuring combat readiness before, during, and after the cold war. He analyzes why attempts to maximize it often have counterproductive effects, and how confusions in technical concepts cause political controversy The book explores conflicts between two objectives that are both vital but work against each other because they compete for resources: operational readiness to fight immediately, and structural readiness - the number of organized units that increase military power, but require time during a crisis to gear up for combat. Betts also discusses the problem brought on by the cold war and plunging defense budgets: mobilization readiness - the plans and arrangements needed to shorten the time for recreating a large military if it once again becomes necessary. Betts offers new ideas for understanding the dilemmas and tradeoffs that underlie debates on how readiness should be maintained in peacetime, and he explores the strategic consequences of different choices |
| Physical Description: | XII, 322 S. |
| ISBN: | 0815709064 |
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| adam_text | RICHARDKBETTS
Military
Readiness
Concepts,
Choices,
Consequences
The Brookings Institution
Washington, B C
Contents
Fart One : Understanding Readiness
1 The Warrant for Readiness: Blood, Treasure, and Time 3
Unreadiness: The First American Tradition 5
Cold War Mobilization: The Second Tradition 19
Concepts: Pinning Down the Problems 23
2 Readiness as a Stairway: The Linear Image 35
The Main Dimensions 35
The Big Trade-off 43
Readiness for When? Ten Years or Ten Minutes 53
3 Readiness as a Wave: The Cyclical Image 63
Inconsistent Distinctions 64
Readiness against Itself: More Is Less 69
Part Two : The Cold War
4 Muddled Measurement: Lies, Damn Lies, and Readiness
Statistics 87
Shifty Standards 88
Dubious Data 96
Trends at the End of the Cold War 106
5 Readiness as a Political Football: Proclaiming Priorities and
Evading Choices 115
The Politicization of Readiness 115
Budget Trends and the Bias for Structure 125
Explaining Away Problems 131
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6US and Soviet Readiness: A Comparison 144
Net Assessment 144
Training and Performance 148
Support and Sustainability 156
Transition to War 160
Reserves and Readiness 166
Part Three : After the Cold War
7 Readiness and Strategy after the Cold War 183
The Lessons of Desert Storm 184
Strategy and Plans 196
8 Between Two Traditions: Mobilization Readiness 210
Obstacles, Plans, and Politics 211
The Next Mobilization 227
Putting Readiness Together 241
Appendix: Linear and Cyclical Images 250
Notes 255
Index 316
Tables
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2-2
4-1
4-2
5-i-
8-1
Summary of Definitions
Summary of Stages of Readiness
Condition Rating Criteria
Department of Defense Budget Trends and Priorities,
1980-89
Criteria for SORTS Resource Category C Levels
Synchronizing Readiness
Figures
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Military Readiness
Unit Status Reporting System (USR)
Measuring Improved Capabilities of
Army Forces (MICAF)
Peacetime Readiness as a Stairway
Readiness Waves in Prolonged Crisis
Redundancy and Rotation
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