"A Center for Defense Information book."
"Thirteen non-partisan Pentagon insiders, retired military officers, and defense specialists speak out." -- t.p. and cover.
Introduction and historic overview : the overburden of America's outdated defenses / John Sayen
Shattering illusions : a national security strategy for 2009-2017 / Chet Richards
Leading the human dimension out of a legacy of failure / G.I. Wilson and Donald Vandergriff
Maneuver forces : the Army and Marine Corps after Iraq / Douglas Macgregor and G.I. Wilson
A traveler's perspective on third and fourth generation war / William S. Lind
The Navy / William S. Lind
Reversing the decay of American air power / Robert Dilger and Pierre M. Sprey
Air mobility alternatives for a new administration / James P. Stevenson
The Army National Guard, the Army Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve / Bruce I. Gudmundsson
Long in coming, the acquisition train wreck is here / Thomas Christie
Understand, then contain America's out-of-control defense budget / Winslow T. Wheeler.
America's defense meltdown : Pentagon reform for President Obama and the new Congress. ISBN 9780804769310. Published by Stanford Security Studies in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.