Foreword / Harold Brown and James R. Schlesinger -- The essence of reform / James A. Blackwell, Jr., and Barry M. Blechman -- From budget wars to "real" wars : the Pentagon and biennial budgeting / Robert J. Art -- The first experiment with a defense biennial budget / John Hamre -- Organization of the office of the secretary of defense / Walter B. Slocombe -- The planning, command, and conduct of military operations : an assessment of DOD performance, 1986-1988 / John H. Cushman -- Fulfilling the promise of the Goldwater-Nichols Act in operational planning and command / Paul Y. Hammond -- The role of joint military institutions in defense resource planning / Robert P. Hilton -- Force planning, programming, and budgeting / Russell Murray, 2nd -- The acquisition process / Alan R. Yuspeh -- Establishing military requirements / James Lindenfelser -- Making defense reform work / James A. Blackwell, Jr., and Barry M. Blechman.

"Published with the cooperation of The Center for Strategic & International Studies and The Johns Hopkins University, Foreign Policy Institute." "Published with the cooperation of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and Johns Hopkins University, Foreign Policy Institute (FPI)."

Foreword / Harold Brown and James R. Schlesinger -- The essence of reform / James A. Blackwell, Jr., and Barry M. Blechman -- From budget wars to "real" wars : the Pentagon and biennial budgeting / Robert J. Art -- The first experiment with a defense biennial budget / John Hamre -- Organization of the office of the secretary of defense / Walter B. Slocombe -- The planning, command, and conduct of military operations : an assessment of DOD performance, 1986-1988 / John H. Cushman -- Fulfilling the promise of the Goldwater-Nichols Act in operational planning and command / Paul Y. Hammond -- The role of joint military institutions in defense resource planning / Robert P. Hilton -- Force planning, programming, and budgeting / Russell Murray, 2nd -- The acquisition process / Alan R. Yuspeh -- Establishing military requirements / James Lindenfelser -- Making defense reform work / James A. Blackwell, Jr., and Barry M. Blechman.