Table of Contents

Preface
National Security: The Role of Technology
The Role of Technology in U.S. National Security: An Introduction
Implications of Defense Technology
Defense Technology
U.S. Strategic Culture: Implications for Defense
An International Perspective: Technology, Arms Races, and the Distribution of Power
A Domestic Perspective: Technology Transfers, U.S. Interests, and Policy
Technology and Strategic Forces
Technology Trends and Strategic Forces
Technology and Conventional Forces
High Technology and Land Warfare
NATO and Follow-on forces Attack
Emerging Technology in the Alliance: A Critique
Technology and Air Forces
Technology and Maritime Forces
Managing Defense Technology
The Defense Technology Community: Players and Roles
Managing Defense Technology: Problems and Needed Changes
Defense Resource Allocation
Managing Public Sector Research and Development: Innovation versus Responsiveness
An Alliance Approach to Defense Technology
Technology: Master or Servant?
Defense Technology: Conclusions and Implications

About the Author

ASA A. CLARK IV is a Colonel in the U.S. Army and Professor of international affairs in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His recent publications include Democracy, Strategy, and Vietnam, Convention Deterrence, and The Defense Reform Debate.

JOHN F. LILLEY is a Leutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and formerly an Assistant Professor of international affairs in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He currently serves in the office of the secretary of defense.