The Public Interest

Post-war Defense Reforms

Mackubin T. Owens

Summer 1984

THE performance of the U.S. military since the end of World War II has led some people to question its ability to defeat an enemy in war. Critics have claimed that the Pentagon cannot devise successful military operations; they cite Korea, Vietnam, and the aborted Iranian hostage rescue mission as examples of our post-war military malady.

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