America's defense meltdown : Pentagon reform for President Obama and the new Congress : thirteen non-partisan Pentagon insiders, retired military officers, and defense specialists speak out / edited by Winslow T. Wheeler.

"A Center for Defense Information book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction and historic overview : the overburden of America's outdated defenses / John Sayen -- Shattering illusions : a national security strategy for 2009-2017 / Chet Richards -- Leading the human dimension out of a legacy of failure / G.I. Wilson and Donald Vandergriff -- Maneuver forces : the Army and Marine Corps after Iraq / Douglas Macgregor and G.I. Wilson -- A traveler's perspective on third and fourth generation war / William S. Lind -- The Navy / William S. Lind -- Reversing the decay of American air power / Robert Dilger and Pierre M. Sprey -- Air mobility alternatives for a new administration / James P. Stevenson -- The Army National Guard, the Army Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve / Bruce I. Gudmundsson -- Long in coming, the acquisition train wreck is here / Thomas Christie -- Understand, then contain America's out-of-control defense budget / Winslow T. Wheeler.