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BL
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1016685
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b771055
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| Main Entry
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Macgregor, Douglas A.
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| Title & Author
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Breaking the phalanx : : a new design for landpower in the 21st century /\ Douglas A. Macgregor ; foreword by Donald Kagan.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 1997.
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1 online resource (xvi, 283 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0313373590
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: 9780313373596
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0275957934
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0275957942
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9780275957933
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9780275957940
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| Notes
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"Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.
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| Contents
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Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Landpower and Strategic Dominance; 3. Meeting the Demands of Revolutionary Change in Warfare; 4. Organizing within the RMA Trendlines; 5. Fighting with the Information Age Army in the Year 2003; 6. Shaping Landpower for Strategic Dominance; 7. Streamlining Defense to Pay for Strategic Dominance; 8. Final Thoughts and Future Prospects; Appendix A: Glossary of Military Terms; Appendix B: Military Abbreviations and Acronyms; Appendix C: Notional Corps Support Command (COSCOM); Appendix D: Army Prepositioning Afloat.
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| Abstract
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This work proposes the reorganization of America's ground forces on the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Central to the proposal is the simple thesis that the U.S. Army must take control of its future by exploiting the emerging revolution in military affairs. The analysis argues that a new Army warfighting organization will not only be more deployable and effective in Joint operations; reorganized information age ground forces will be significantly less expensive to operate, maintain, and modernize than the Army's current Cold War division-based organizations. And while ground force.
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United States.-- Reorganization.
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United States.
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Twenty-first century.
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Armed Forces-- Reorganization.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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Twenty-first century.
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| Dewey Classification
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355/.02/09730905
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UA25.M13 1997eb
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89.81bcl
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
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