{"product_id":"we-need-to-talk-about-andrew-curtis-9781350498006","title":"We Need to Talk about Defence: Reforming Contemporary Defence Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on a distinguished 35-year career in the RAF as an Air Commodore, Andrew R. Curtis highlights what is wrong with the way defence is managed today, and presents evidence-based proposals to fix it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDefence is failing to deliver. From the ability of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to develop defence policy, to the single service's - Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force (RAF) - ability to acquire and maintain military capability, and undertake military operations. This is not a new problem; indeed, ever since the creation of the MoD in 1964, there have been tensions between the department of state and the armed forces over allocations of responsibility, authority and accountability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Concerned with political oversight; the allocation of responsibility, authority, and accountability; administration of people; organisational structures; and policies and processes, Curtis compellingly demonstrates the critical need to reform the management of Defence for the UK's armed forces to fight and win in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Curtis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350498009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350498006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Andrew Curtis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305164423423,"sku":"9781350498006","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac8f48b1-2175-4af3-b90c-52ca0a8a54f8.jpg?v=1758830145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-need-to-talk-about-andrew-curtis-9781350498006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}