Democracy's Arsenal

<b>An expert explains why the security needs of the twenty-first century require a transformation of the defense industry of the twentieth century. </b><p>New geopolitical realities--including terrorism pandemics rogue nuclear states resource conflicts insurgencies mass migration economic collapse and cyber attacks--have created a dramatically different national-security environment for America. Twentieth-century defense strategies technologies and industrial practices will not meet the security requirements of a post-9/11 world. In <i>Democracy's Arsenal</i> Jacques Gansler describes the transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new more effective system of national defense. Drawing on his decades of experience in industry government and academia Gansler argues that the old model of ever-increasing defense expenditures on largely outmoded weapons systems must be replaced by a strategy that combines a healthy economy effective international relations and a strong (but affordable) national security posture. The defense industry must remake itself to become responsive and relevant to the needs of twenty-first-century security.</p>