We Need to Talk About Defence

Reforming Contemporary Defence Management

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvAndrew Curtis

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Based on a distinguished 35-year career in the RAF as an Air Commodore, Andrew R. Curtis highlights what is wrong with the way defence is managed today, and presents evidence-based proposals to fix it.Defence is failing to deliver. From the ability of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to develop defence policy, to the single service's - Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force (RAF) - ability to acquire and maintain military capability. This is not a new problem; indeed, ever since the creation of the MoD in 1964, there have been tensions between the department of state and the armed forces over allocations of responsibility, authority and accountability.Concerned with political oversight; the allocation of responsibility, authority, and accountability; administration of people; organisational structures; and policies and processes, Curtis compellingly demonstrates the critical need to reform the management of Defence for the UK’s armed forces to fight and win in the future.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-10-17
Mått155 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt593 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350452688

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List of Figures and TablesList of AcronymsGlossary of TermsForewordPrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Why we need to talk about DefenceChapter 3: Acknowledging the PastChapter 4: Learning from the PresentChapter 5: Looking to the FutureChapter 6: Canadian Armed Forces UnificationChapter 7: The Unites States Marine CorpsChapter 8: Modern Defence ForcesChapter 9: Where does Defence go from Here?Appendix 1: Force StructuresAppendix 2: Ranks of the UK Armed ForcesAppendix 3: Summary of Proposed Reforms to the Management of DefenceEndnotesBibliographyIndex

The organisation and management of defence has always exercised governments in many countries, being technically, militarily, financially , industrially and politically very challenging. The UK has, in the last generation or two found it especially difficult and, despite several reforms, has not done it very well. In We need to Talk about Defence Andrew Curtis has carried out a deep and penetrating analysis both of the way defence management has been carried out and has conducted a fascinating and informative comparative study with the practices of several other western nations. This, and his own considerable experience at senior level in the RAF, have enabled him to draw out important and highly relevant lessons for the UK. Those responsible for the overdue and vital overhaul of the UK’s defence management should pay very careful heed to his conclusions.