Shipping list no.: 2019-0155-P. Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Summary:
"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 this war, along with the wars in Korea and Vietnam, made it vital that senior service leaders had accurate information on the readiness of units in the Regular Army, the Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve. The methods for measuring readiness, however, soon became and then remained a matter of contention. Equally contentious was the use of data generated by readiness reporting systems, both within the service and by others outside the service. The end of the Cold War did not end these disputes. Indeed, the years between that victory and the start of the second Iraq war in 2003 were a time of heightened concern over military readiness and how to assess it."--Provided by publisher.
Series:
CMH pub ; 70-130
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1045648020
LCCN:
2018030001
Locations:
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.