Management of Budgetary Decline in the Department of Defense in Response to the End of the Cold War

Bibliographic Data

ID7664980
AuthorsL R Jones (0000-0002-9563-6612, Department of Administrative Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume19
Issue4
Pages479-509
Publication date1993-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095327x9301900402
OpenAlexW1983868579
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This study analyzes the decisions and actions of the President, Congress, and Pentagon leadership for 1989 to 1992 to reduce the defense budget for the period 1990 to 1997. The objective of this research is to indicate how the Department of Defense developed and began to execute plans for significant downsizing. Management of declining budgets by DoD is evaluated employing a framework for analysis of fiscal stress in public sector organizations. Major force structure reductions and cuts in DoD operational and capital budget accounts are analyzed. Weapons system terminations and military and civilian personnel cuts are detailed. Efforts to improve DoD efficiency through implementation of the Defense Management Report are assessed. Military base closure and realignment is reviewed. Redefinition of the base force structure in response to revised threat assessment and changes in the international security policy environment including improved East-West relations, reduced probability of conventional war, tactical and strategic nuclear disarmament, and operation Desert Storm also is addressed

Cold war · Disarmament · Economics · Gulf war · Military Base · Nuclear weapon · Operations management · Pentagon · Political science · Politics · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · Law · Public Administration

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