The Quadrennial Defense Review

The Quadrennial Defense Review
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2013
Genre: Military planning
ISBN:

Quadrennial defense Review: 2010 Report Addressed Many but Not All Required Items

Quadrennial defense Review: 2010 Report Addressed Many but Not All Required Items
Author: John H. Pendleton
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437933009

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The DoD is facing the complex challenge of simultaneously supporting continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and preparing its military forces to meet emerging threats of the new security environment. The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) articulates DoD's strategic plan to rebalance capabilities in order to prevail in current operations and develop capabilities to meet future threats. The QDR acknowledged that the country faces fiscal challenges and that DoD must make difficult trade-offs where warranted. This report provides an assessment of the degree to which DoD addressed each of these items in its 2010 report on the QDR and the supplemental information provided to the defense committees. Charts and tables.

Congress and Civil-Military Relations

Congress and Civil-Military Relations
Author: Colton C. Campbell
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 162616181X

While the president is the commander in chief, the US Congress plays a critical and underappreciated role in civil-military relations—the relationship between the armed forces and the civilian leadership that commands it. This unique book edited by Colton C. Campbell and David P. Auerswald will help readers better understand the role of Congress in military affairs and national and international security policy. Contributors include the most experienced scholars in the field as well as practitioners and innovative new voices, all delving into the ways Congress attempts to direct the military. This book explores four tools in particular that play a key role in congressional action: the selection of military officers, delegation of authority to the military, oversight of the military branches, and the establishment of incentives—both positive and negative—to encourage appropriate military behavior. The contributors explore the obstacles and pressures faced by legislators including the necessity of balancing national concerns and local interests, partisan and intraparty differences, budgetary constraints, the military's traditional resistance to change, and an ongoing lack of foreign policy consensus at the national level. Yet, despite the considerable barriers, Congress influences policy on everything from closing bases to drone warfare to acquisitions. A groundbreaking study, Congress and Civil-Military Relations points the way forward in analyzing an overlooked yet fundamental government relationship.