✨Sách - Defense 101 - Understanding the Military of Today and Tomorrow by Michael E. O'Hanlon (UK edition, hardcover)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Cornell University Press Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781501754470 Condition: Brandnew Binding: hardcover Pages: 264 Dimensons: 159 x 236 x 23 | 546 (gram)

In Defense 101, a concise primer for understanding the United States'' $700+ billion defense budget and rapidly changing military technologies, Michael O''Hanlon provides a deeply informed yet accessible analysis of American military power. After an introduction in which O''Hanlon surveys today''s international security environment, provides a brief sketch of the history of the US military, its command structure, the organization of its three million personnel, and a review of its domestic basing and global reach, Defense 101 provides in-depth coverage of four critical areas in military affairs: • Defense Budgeting and Resource Allocation: detailed budget and cost breakdowns, wartime spending allocations, economics of overseas basing, military readiness, and defense budgeting versus US grand strategy • Gaming and Modeling Combat: wargaming, micro modeling, nuclear exchange calculations, China scenarios, and assessments of counterinsurgency missions • Technological Change and Military Innovation: use of computers, communications, and robotics, cutting-edge developments in projectiles and propulsion systems • The Science of War, military uses of space, missile defense, and nuclear s, testing, and proliferation For policy makers and experts, military professionals, students, and s alike, Defense 101 helps make sense of the US Department of Defense, the basics of war and the future of armed conflict, and the most important characteristics of the American military.