Michael E. O'Hanlon is senior fellow and research director for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He has written extensively on security issues.

"A refreshing voice of sanity on a topic marked by more than the usual amount of overstatement, sophistry, and sheer fantasy." —Kenneth Allard, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 1/3/2001|"O'Hanlon does well to liken the current period of defense innovation to the 1920s, and to underscore the importance of research and experimentation for the future American military." —Andrew Marshall, Director, Net Assessment, The Pentagon, The Pentagon|"This is an important book that provides a careful and nuanced perspective on trends in military technology and their implications for U.S. policy. O'Hanlon argues that it is not necessary for the Pentagon to invest in a whole new generation of weapons platforms because the mechanical technologies involved are not changing that fast, whereas he does see major change afoot in computers and the ability to network military systems to provide much greater effectiveness at modest cost." —Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, Princeton University|"O'Hanlon's book is a good starting point." —Thomas Hamilton, RAND Corporation, Armed Forces & Society, 7/1/2001

Michael E. O'Hanlon is senior fellow and research director for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He has written extensively on security issues.

"A refreshing voice of sanity on a topic marked by more than the usual amount of overstatement, sophistry, and sheer fantasy." —Kenneth Allard, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 1/3/2001|"O'Hanlon does well to liken the current period of defense innovation to the 1920s, and to underscore the importance of research and experimentation for the future American military." —Andrew Marshall, Director, Net Assessment, The Pentagon, The Pentagon|"This is an important book that provides a careful and nuanced perspective on trends in military technology and their implications for U.S. policy. O'Hanlon argues that it is not necessary for the Pentagon to invest in a whole new generation of weapons platforms because the mechanical technologies involved are not changing that fast, whereas he does see major change afoot in computers and the ability to network military systems to provide much greater effectiveness at modest cost." —Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, Princeton University|"O'Hanlon's book is a good starting point." —Thomas Hamilton, RAND Corporation, Armed Forces & Society, 7/1/2001

Michael E. O'Hanlon is senior fellow and research director for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He has written extensively on security issues.

"A refreshing voice of sanity on a topic marked by more than the usual amount of overstatement, sophistry, and sheer fantasy." —Kenneth Allard, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 1/3/2001|"O'Hanlon does well to liken the current period of defense innovation to the 1920s, and to underscore the importance of research and experimentation for the future American military." —Andrew Marshall, Director, Net Assessment, The Pentagon, The Pentagon|"This is an important book that provides a careful and nuanced perspective on trends in military technology and their implications for U.S. policy. O'Hanlon argues that it is not necessary for the Pentagon to invest in a whole new generation of weapons platforms because the mechanical technologies involved are not changing that fast, whereas he does see major change afoot in computers and the ability to network military systems to provide much greater effectiveness at modest cost." —Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, Princeton University|"O'Hanlon's book is a good starting point." —Thomas Hamilton, RAND Corporation, Armed Forces & Society, 7/1/2001