02119cam a2200457 i 4500 rnd000000000047462 RAND 920212s1986 caua b 000 0 eng d 86006741 0833007157 (pbk.) RAND/R-3383-USDP (Sirsi) a188608 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR ew----- n----- UA646.3 .W46 1986 Wendt, James C., 1944- author. Improving the NATO force planning process : lessons from past efforts / James C. Wendt, Nanette Brown. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1986. xvi, 42 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "A report from the RAND Strategy Assessment Center." "June 1986." This report was conducted under RAND's National Defense Research Institute. Includes bibliographical references. Since the early 1970s, various initiatives have been made to improve the NATO defense planning process. This report examines some of these efforts. The purpose is to identify some broad guidelines for introducing and managing future initiatives. The report identifies the most important lessons learned from past initiatives and applies them to current defense improvement programs. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Armed Forces. Military planning Europe. Warfare, Conventional. Brown, Nanette, 1958- author. Rand Strategy Assessment Center. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) Rand Corporation. United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3383/ 598503 598503