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Author Nielsen, Suzanne C., author.

Title An army transformed : the U.S. Army's post-Vietnam recovery and the dynamics of change in military organizations / Suzanne C. Nielsen
Published Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 61 pages)
Series Letort papers
Letort papers.
Contents Military change is difficult -- The military as a large organization -- The military as a bureaucracy -- The special nature of military organizations -- Types of military change -- The literature on military change -- Innovation -- Military doctrine -- Civil-military relations and military change -- Technological change -- The need for a new approach -- Who initiates reform? -- What motivates change? -- Institutionalization -- The argument -- The U.S. Army in the 1970s and 1980s -- Westmoreland's watch, 1968-1972 -- The Abrams/Weyand period, 1972-76 -- Training and Doctrine Command, 1973-1982 -- Conclusion
Notes "September 2010."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-61)
Notes s 2010 pau n o
Description based on PDF version; title from title screen (viewed Oct. 8, 2010)
Subject Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 -- Military leadership
Abrams, Creighton W. (Creighton Williams), 1914-1974 -- Military leadership
Weyand, Fred C. (Fred Carlton), 1916-2010 -- Military leadership
SUBJECT Abrams, Creighton W. (Creighton Williams), 1914-1974. fast (OCoLC)fst00192319
Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005. fast (OCoLC)fst00006661
Weyand, Fred C. (Fred Carlton), 1916-2010. fast (OCoLC)fst01973300
Subject United States. Army -- Reorganization -- History -- 20th century
United States. Army Training and Doctrine Command -- History -- 20th century
United States. Army -- History.
SUBJECT United States. Army. fast (OCoLC)fst00533532
United States. Army Training and Doctrine Command. fast (OCoLC)fst00529850
Subject Strategic culture -- United States
Organizational change -- United States
Organizational effectiveness -- United States
Civil-military relations -- United States
Military doctrine -- United States
Armed Forces -- Reorganization.
Civil-military relations.
Military doctrine.
Command of troops.
Organizational change.
Organizational effectiveness.
Strategic culture.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.
ISBN 1584874619
9781584874614
Other Titles U.S. Army's post-Vietnam recovery and the dynamics of change in military organizations
United States Army's post-Vietnam recovery and the dynamics of change in military organizations