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Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1)
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95The most implacable of Napoleon's continental enemies, at the outbreak of war Austria maintained a vast army, but one rooted firmly in the 18th century. Hampered by the inherent conservatism of the hierarchy, the Austrians had to fight the most modern army in Europe. Despite this the regulars, who were drawn from many territories under Austrian sway,... more...
Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2)
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95The mounted troops of the Hapsburg Empire comprised one of the most powerful forces of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). However, from the outset the cavalry's higher command was less capable than its infantry counterpart: appointments were influenced by nepotism and politics, which resulted in commands often being given to those who lacked experience.... more...
Velocity Management
RAND Corporation 2000; US$ 9.95This work states that Velocity Management has brought a new way of doing business to US Army logistics, with a renewed focus on the Army customer and an approach for process improvement that cuts across three critical performance dimensions: time, quality, and cost. more...
Exploring the Use of Microworld Models to Train Army Logistics Management Skills
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This text recounts a study organized as part of an effort to design a particular kind of training for the "Theater Support Command" - a US Army organization. The main goal was to teach participants the effects in distribution and time of their decisions using microworld-based training. more...
Patterns of Enlisted Compensation
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This study provides a baseline description of the structure of US military enlisted-personnel compensation. It documents which pays service members receive, how much they receive and how compensation varies by such individual characteristics as gender, race, occupation and family composition. more...
Sustaining the Military Enterprise
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 94.95Describes a Lean Enterprise Architecture (LEA) strategy to transform sustainment processes. This book incorporates the management and technical skills necessary to design and implement cost effective, integrated, sustainment networks and agile organizational structures. more...
Betraying Our Troops
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 9.99In this shocking exposé, two U.S government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put soldiers' lives on the line while damaging America's strategic interests and image abroad. Drawing on exclusive sources the authors show how money and power have conspired to undermine America's fighting forces and threaten the country's... more...
Finding Candidate Options for Investment
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Description of a methodology and a prototype tool, Building Blocks To Composite Options Tool (BCOT), for identifying investment options for defense capability areas. It ensures that a broad range of options is considered initially, then uses a screening t more...
DEFENCE PROCUREMENT AND INDUSTRY POLICY
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 160.00Arms purchases are among the most expensive, technologically challenging and politically controversial decisions made by modern-day governments. Superpower spending on weapons systems is widely analysed and discussed. But defence procurement in smaller industrial countries involves different issues which receive less attention. This volume presents... more...
Powerlift--Getting to Desert Storm
ABC-CLIO 1993; US$ 150.00Logistics, the movement of forces to battlefields, their supply, and on-going support, is critical to military success. Although this principle is theoretically accepted, the importance of being well-prepared to rapidly transport troops and supplies to distant crisis points has not been complemented, as Menarchik shows, by adequate lift capabilities.... more...









