Resource limits, political and military risk taking and the generation of military requirements.

Expert InsightsPublished 1966

A discussion of the policymaking processes associated with the McNamara Administration of the Defense Department. These processes shift rationalization from a procedural concept to a substantive one, which can be particularly effective as long as OSD holds the initiative in choosing policy issues and in specifying criteria for settling them. The capacity of the McNamara Administration to maintain executive initiative depends on the capability of the new system to rationalize and legitimize policy and to distribute risks and roles.

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Resource limits, political and military risk taking and the generation of military requirements. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1966. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3421-1.html.
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