The Defense Inheritance: Challenges and Choices for the Next Pentagon Team

200819 citationsJournal Article

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Michèle A. Flournoy · Center for a New American Security

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The next Pentagon team will be faced with the dual challenge of advising on key current wartime decisions while also preparing the U.S. armed forces for a far different future. They must be stewards of the military, not just users of the instrument.

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Military and Defense Studies Military History and Strategy Defense, Military, and Policy Studies

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Published in: The Washington Quarterly

Volume 31, Issue 4, pp. 59-76

DOI: 10.1162/wash.2008.31.4.59

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The Defense Inheritance: Challenges and Choices for the Next Pentagon Team

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