Resource Type:

Report-Paper

Posted On: Jan 21, 2010

Posted By: Charles Knight

URL:

http://www.comw.org/pda/fulltext/1001PDABR20.pdf

Description:

This Project on Defense Alternatives report analyzes the unprecedented post-1998 rise in defense spending and the return to Cold War budget levels. The causes include overly ambitious US military strategy and goals; weakness of reform and transformation efforts; failure to make hard choices in acquisition; and conduct of wars ill-suited to the US military. Also examined: the surge in military construction and the expanded role of private contractors. 75 pages with Executive Summary and 21 charts and tables.