Etzold, Thomas H.

Defense or Delusion? America's Military in the 1980s

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. 259, notes, index, some soiling & small ding to rear DJ, some wear to top and bottom edges of DJ spine. The author argues that the present military establishment recruits the ill educated to handle weapons of increasing technological complexity, loses its most experienced officers and enlisted men to the private sector, and tolerates alarming deficiencies in equipment repairs. Condition: very good, good.

Keywords: Military Policy, U.S. Armed Forces, Draft, Strategy, Nuclear Forces, Training, Arms Control, Iran Hostages, Jimmy Carter

ISBN: 006038011X

[Book #15786]

Price: $40.50