Systems analysis: a powerful but dangerous weapon

The National Security Act of 1947, providing for the unification of the armed forces of the United States under a Secretary of Defense, initiated a series of reforms culminating with the installation of the Planning-Programming-Budgeting Concept in 1961 by Robert S. McNamara. ith budgetary control, McNamara has accomplished what no prior Secretary of Defense could achieve: (1) integration of strategic plans and over-all defense programs within a program and budget structure, and (2) control of the military in a manner approaching absolute dominance.

Grantor dc:publisher

George Washington University

Year dc:date.issued

1968

Author dc:creator

• McDonald, Francis E.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Page, Harry Robert

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/13244

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/13244