Democracy's Arsenal
Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2013
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262525237 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262525232 |
| Author: | Jacques S. Gansler |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 671g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Democracy's Arsenal |
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About The Author
Jacques S. Gansler
Jacques S. Gansler is the author of the influential books The Defense Industry, Affording Defense, and Defense Conversion- Transforming the Arsenal of Democracy, all published by the MIT Press. He is currently Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise in the School of Public Policy and Director of the Sloan Center Biotechnology Industry Center at the University of Maryland. He was Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics from 1997 to 2001.
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