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Dave’s diverse career has included extensive experience in government and industry as well as the military. He and his wife, Linda, now live on the West Coast. Immediately before he retired, Dave was the CEO of the EADS North America Defense Company. Before that Dave was in Iraq where Paul (Jerry) Bremer selected him to become the Director of Management and Budget for the Coalition Forces.
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American Defense Reform: Lessons from Failure and Success in Navy History, by Dave Oliver and Anand Toprani, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 2022, 310 pp., $104.95, £78.00 GBP (hardback), $34.95, £26.50 GBP (softback), ISBN: 9781647122751 American Defense Reform: Lessons from...
Strategy Discussion Group discusses Maritime Strategy
Robby Harris graciously permitted me to spend two hours with his discussion group this week to talk about how the Nation might develop a Strategy for dealing with China that does not include the flaws that were later found hidden...
Bronze Rules launched at CSIS
Yesterday the Center for Strategy and International Security hosted the book launch. Discussions of several chapters and the question and answer period hosted by Seth James are available at CSIS.org under “events.”