Getting It Right, Second Edition

About the Book

This is the second edition of a book about a little understood subject, the dramatic reform of the American military, and particularly the U.S. Army, between the end of the Vietnam war and the Persian Gulf war of 1990-91. The second edition material carries the study through the 1990s and a few years beyond. We cover a lot of subjects that few Americans are familiar with. The reforms after Vietnam were more driven by the results of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and paid for by defense spending increases begun by president Carter. The end of the Cold War ended up creating a need for more reforms.

About the Author

James F Dunnigan is the author of numerous articles and books on military affairs and simulations. Colonel Raymond Macedonia, US Army, Retired, was the first Chairman of the Army War College's Department of War Gaming.