{"product_id":"we-need-to-talk-about-defence-9781350452688","title":"We Need to Talk about Defence","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew R. Curtis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Security (National \u0026amp; International)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45088316489879,"sku":"9781350452688","price":8927.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350452688.webp?v=1768545918","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/we-need-to-talk-about-defence-9781350452688","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}