Army readiness reporting systems, 1945-2003 /

"The U.S. Army before 1945 did not have and did not need a formal readiness reporting system. After World War II, however, it found itself committed to large-scale deployments in Europe and in the Pacific, commitments that with the Cold War would continue for the next 45 years. The demands of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donnelly, William M., 1962- (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2018.
Series:CMH pub ; 70-130.
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Table of Contents:
  • From an Expansible Army to an Expeditionary Army, 1945-1953. From World War to Cold War, 1945-1950
  • Korea : wartime readiness dilemmas, 1950-1953
  • Ourt of the Shadows and Into the Spotlight, 1953-1965. In the Shadows, 1953-1961
  • In the spotlight, 1961-1965
  • Vietnam and the Collapse of Readiness, 1965-1972. AR 220-1
  • Wartime reporting mechanisms
  • Reserve components
  • Rebuilding and Sustaining Readiness, 1973-1991. Downward spiral, 1973-1981
  • Readiness renaissance, 1981-1991
  • Readiness in a Post-Cold War World, 1992-2003. The erosion of readiness
  • The erosion of trust in readiness reporting
  • Revising AR 220-1
  • The credibility crisis
  • Readiness reporting for a new century
  • Readiness reporting in perspective.