Democracy's Arsenal: Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry

di Jacques S. Gansler (Autore)

MIT Press Ltd, 2013

An expert explains why the security needs of the twenty-first century require a transformation of the defense industry of the twentieth century. New geopolitical realities-including terrorism, pandemics, rogue nuclear states, resource conflicts, insurgencies, mass migration, economic collapse, and cyber attacks-have created a dramatically different national-security environment for America. Twentieth-century defense strategies, technologies, and industrial practices will not meet the security requirements of a post-9/11 world. In Democracy's Arsenal, Jacques Gansler describes the transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new, more effective system of national defense. Drawing on his decades of experience in industry, government, and academia, Gansler argues that the old model of ever-increasing defense expenditures on largely outmoded weapons systems must be replaced by a strategy that combines a healthy economy, effective international relations, and a strong (but affordable) national security posture. The defense industry must remake itself to become responsive and relevant to the needs of twenty-first-century security.

• Autore: Jacques S. Gansler
• Editore: MIT Press Ltd
• Collana: Democracy's Arsenal
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 448 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 178 mm
• Peso: 671 gr.
• EAN: 9780262525237

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