Title The science of war : defense budgeting, military technology, logistics, and combat outcomes / Michael E. O'Hanlon.

Publication Info.	Princeton : Princeton University Press ; [Washington, DC] : in association with the Brookings Institution, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	The U.S. military is one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. How it spends its money, chooses tactics, and allocates its resources have enormous implications for national defense and the economy. The Science of War is the only comprehensive textbook on how to analyze and understand these and other essential problems in modern defense policy. Michael O'Hanlon provides undergraduate and graduate students with an accessible yet rigorous introduction to the subject. Drawing on a broad range of sources and his own considerable expertise as a defense analyst and teacher, he d.
Contents	Defense budgeting and resource allocation -- Modeling combat and sizing forces -- Logistics and overseas bases -- Technical issues in defense analysis.
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Subject	Military planning -- United States.
	Military planning.
	United States.
	United States -- Defenses -- Decision making.
	Defenses.
	Decision making.
	United States -- Defenses -- Decision making.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: O'Hanlon, Michael E. Science of war. Princeton : Princeton University Press ; [Washington, DC] : In Association with the Brookings Institution, ©2009 9780691137025 0691137021 (DLC) 2009001378 (OCoLC)298670922
ISBN	9781400830930 (electronic book)
	1400830931 (electronic book)
	9780691137025
	0691137021
	1282259296
	9781282259294

Title The science of war : defense budgeting, military technology, logistics, and combat outcomes / Michael E. O'Hanlon.

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