The Pursuit of Technological Superiority and the Shrinking American Military

• Main Author: Lake, Daniel R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: United States-Politics and government.; Politics and war.; Security, International.; US Politics.; Military and Defence Studies.; International Security Studies.

Why has the US military begun to suffer from overstretch in recent decades? Why is one of the largest militaries in the world, and the most expensive by far, periodically stressed by the operational demands placed upon it? This book argues that recent problems with overstretch are the result of a he...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Problem of Overstretch
• 2. The Shrinking American Military
• 3. The Pursuit of Technological Superiority
• 4. The Air Force and Technology
• 5. The Navy and Technology
• 6. The Army and Technology
• 7. The Marine Corps and Technology
• 8. The Potential for Further Overstretch. .