@inbook{10.7249/mg499af.10,
 ISBN = {9780833039620},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg499af.10},
 abstract = {Coming out of the American experiences in World War II, defense reforms for more than half a century have sought to unify U.S. military planning, centralize the resource allocation process, create efficiencies in acquisition and support activities, and strengthen civilian control over military decisions. But most importantly, defense reforms have sought to create the conditions for greater military effectiveness.The defense reforms immediately following World War II established the unified combatant commands. The reforms of 1958 took the military services out of the operational chain of command, in effect distinguishing between providers and users of forces—the military services as},
 bookauthor = {Andrew R. Hoehn and Adam Grissom and David A. Ochmanek and David A. Shlapak and Alan J. Vick},
 booktitle = {A New Division of Labor: Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq},
 edition = {1},
 pages = {51--60},
 publisher = {RAND Corporation},
 title = {What Will It Mean to Be Joint?},
 year = {2007}
}