The Science of War: Defense Budgeting, Military Technology, Logistics, and Combat Outcomes

278 Pages·2009·5.39 MB·English

by  Michael E. O'Hanlon

THE SCIENCE OF WAR
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Th e
SCIENCE
of WAR
defense budgeting, military technology,
logistics, and combat outcomes
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Princeton University Press
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O’Hanlon, Michael E.
Th e science of war : defense budg eting, military technology, logistics,
and combat outcomes / Michael E. O’Hanlon.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0 -6 91- 13702- 5 (hardcover)
1. M ilitary planning— United States. 2. U nited States—
Defenses—Decision making. I. Title.
U153.O337 2009
355'.033573—dc22 2009001378
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
introduction 
chapter i
Defense Budgeting
and Resource Allocation 
chapter ii
Modeling Combat and
Sizing Forces 
chapter iii
Logistics and Overseas Bases 
chapter iv
Technical Issues in
Defense Analysis 
conclusion 
appendix
Figures and Tables 
Index 
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AC KNOW LEDG MENTS
I would like to thank a number of friends, colleagues, professors, role
models, and others who have helped me in one way or another, directly or
indirectly, with this book. Th ey include Adriana Lins de Albuquerque,
Michael Berger, Richard Betts, Steve Biddle, Marty Binkin, Bruce Blair,
Dennis Blair, Barry Blechman, Max Boot, Christopher Bowie, Duncan
Brown, Richard Bush, Jason Campbell, Kurt Campbell, Ash Carter, Eliot
Cohen, William Cohen, Bernard Cole, Walter Cronkite, Ivo Daalder,
Th omas Davis, Todd Duso, Joshua Epstein, Harold Feiveson, Michele
Flournoy, Lawrence Freedman, Aaron Friedberg, Richard Garwin,
Th omas Garwin, Philip Gordon, Michael Green, Richard Haass, Robert
Haff a, Robert Hale, John Hamre, William Inglee, Frederick Kagan, Nina
Kamp, William Kaufmann, Steve Kosiak, Andrew Krepinevich, Richard
Kugler, Eric Labs, Michael Levi, James Lindsay, Frances Lussier, Th omas
Lynch, William Lynn, Jack Mayer, Th omas McNaugher, Michael Meese,
James Miller, Derek Mitchell, Mike Mochizuki, Satoshi Morimoto, David
Mosher, William Myers, Sam Nunn, Carlos Pascual, Bill Perry, David Pe-
traeus, Lane Pierrot, Kenneth Pollack, Barry Posen, Jack Pritchard, Peter
Rodman, Scott Sagan, Stephen Sargeant, Jeremy Shapiro, Eric Shinseki,
Peter Singer, Anne-M arie Slaughter, Th omas Stefanick, James Steinberg,
John Steinbruner, Strobe Talbott, Richard Ullman, Robert Vilhauer, Frank
von Hippel, Stephen Walt, and Dov Zakheim. I would like to dedicate
this book to Cathy, Grace, and Lily.
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