Kevlar Legions: The Transformations of the United States Army 1989-2005 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0160891906 ISBN 13: 9780160891908

Publisher: National Defense University Press,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

"Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the U.S. Army, 1989-2005, "is the story of how the United States Army responded to the challenges of the end of the Cold War by transforming itself into the most capable ground force in the world today. It argues that from 1989 through 2005 the U.S. Army attempted, and largely achieved, a centrally directed and institutionally driven transformation relevant to ground warfare that exploited Information Age technology, adapted to post"-"Cold War strategic circumstances, and integrated into parallel Department of Defense efforts. The process not only modernized equipment, it also substantially altered doctrine, organization, training, administrative and logistical practices, and the service culture. "Kevlar Legions "further contends that the digitized expeditionary Army has withstood the test of combat, performing superbly with respect to deployment and high-end conventional combat and capably with respect to low-intensity conflict and the counterinsurgency challenges of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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About the Author

JOHN SLOAN BROWN was the chief of military history at the U.S. Army Center of Military History during 1998 2005. He retired in October 2005 as a brigadier general after more than thirty-four years of service to the United States Army. He is the author of published works that include "Draftee Division: The 88th Infantry Division in World War II" and chapters on the Army in the 1990s and in the Global War on Terrorism in "American Military History," vol. 2, "The United States in a Global Era, 1917" "2008." Since retirement, he has been actively engaged as a historical consultant for the American Battle Monuments Commission."

Edition details

• Publisher: National Defense University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0160891906
• ISBN 13: 9780160891908
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 559
• Editor: Defense Information Systems Agency