How Much Is Enough? : Shaping the Defense Program, 1961-1969.

A work of enduring value and lasting relevance, this book is both a classic account of the application of powerful ideas to the problem of managing the Department of Defense (DoD) and a cautionary history of the controversies inspired by that successful effort. Robert S. McNamara took office in 1961...

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Main Author:	Enthoven, Alain C.
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica : RAND Corp., 2007.
Subjects:	United States. > Department of Defense > History > 20th century. United States. > Department of Defense. Military planning > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Armed Forces > Management > History > 20th century. United States > Armed Forces > Cost control > History > 20th century. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom. Armed Forces > Cost control. Armed Forces > Management. Military planning. United States. 1900-1999 History. Electronic books.
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Summary:	A work of enduring value and lasting relevance, this book is both a classic account of the application of powerful ideas to the problem of managing the Department of Defense (DoD) and a cautionary history of the controversies inspired by that successful effort. Robert S. McNamara took office in 1961 convinced that the Secretary of Defense, rather than the services, should control the evaluation of military needs and should choose among alternatives for meeting those needs. His device was a new system for allocating defense resources, the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), whic.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (395 pages)
ISBN:	9780833048141 0833048147 1282451278 9781282451278