The Path to Victory: America's Army and the Revolution in Human Affairs - Hardcover

Vandergriff, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891417664 ISBN 13: 9780891417668

Publisher: Presidio Press, 2002

Synopsis

Vandergriff is one of America's brightest military thinkers and in this book he turns his attention to the organisational structures and hierarchies within America's armed forces. What President Eisenhower termed the military-industrial complex, Vandergriff reprises as the congressional-military-industrial complex. He argues that that the bonds which hold these three together prevent change because of the lack of flexibility in such a mutually beneficient relationship. He calls for a true revolution in military affairs - an RMA - which would itself neccessitate a revolution in human affairs, an RHA. Through rigorously examining the history of the army command and personnel structure, taking a far-sighted look at the form combat is likely to take in the future and comparing and contrasting the 'tale of two armies', those of France and Germany after Napoleon, he concludes that radical change is necessary if America's army is to be a useful protective force in the future

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About the Author

Donald Vandergriff is an active duty army officer currently serving as deputy director of army ROTC at Georgetown University. He is the author of Spirit, Blood and Treasure.

Edition details

• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891417664
• ISBN 13: 9780891417668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320