The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Policy

How do military organizations learn? This book covers an important instance of military learning in which the United States military systematically examined the lessons of Israel's decisive victory in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and applied those lessons towards major doctrinal and equipment changes. The book relies heavily on Paul Senge’s model of learning organizations outlined in his seminal work, The Fifth Dimension . Using Senge’s model, the book examines the Departments of the Army, Air Force,