How much is enough? : shaping the defense program, 1961-1969 /

Originally published in 1971, and now published with a new foreword, this is a book of enduring value and lasting relevance. The authors detail the application, history, and controversies surrounding the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), used to evaluate military needs and to choos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Enthoven, Alain C., 1930-
Other Authors: Smith, K. Wayne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2005.
Edition:New ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Unfinished business, 1961
  • New concepts and new tools to shape the defense program
  • Why independent analysts?
  • NATO strategy and forces
  • Nuclear strategy and forces
  • Yardsticks of sufficiency
  • Three controversial program decisions
  • Some problems in wartime defense management
  • Unfinished business, 1969.