Includes index.

The structural disarmament of the West / Thomas A. Callaghan, Jr. -- A new look at U.S. defense industrial preparedness / Lawrence J. Korb -- NATO industrial preparedness / James R. Golden -- The Soviet industrial base / Felix M. Fabian -- Can the Defense Department be managed? / Michael R. Gordon -- Defense acquisition and decision making / James A. Bowden -- Are military contractors part of the problem or part of the solution? / Michael R. Gordon -- The defense industrial base / Jacques S. Gansler -- Absence of incentive / Henry A. Leonard -- If defense spending is on the rise, can inflation be very far behind? / Michael R. Gordon.