The Armament Tide: Rearming America

Arming the US military is an ongoing process, one of vital importance. This book will help America's leaders, educators and general public better understand how to manage the business of rearmament. Drawing on historical anecdote, common business principles and the author's 31 years of military service, the book provides an engaging and educational look at the complexities of arming the American military.

Admiral Stuart Platt completed a distinguished military career, and has followed it with a successful career in business, principally in the technology and defense sectors. Appointed under President Reagan as the Navy's first Competition Advocate General, he led an historic reform program to improve the way the Navy buys ships, aircraft and weapon systems. He was also deputy commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command, where he was responsible for the acquisition of Navy surface ships and submarines during the build-up of the 600 ship Navy. An earlier assignment included Officer in Charge, Navy Nuclear Propulsion Reactor Design School. Platt is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and was recently named to the Cold War Leadership Hall of Fame by the Submarine Force Library and Museum Association.

Admiral Platt currently serves on the corporate boards of several companies. He is the Chairman of the Historic Ships Foundation in San Francisco and was a presidential appointee to the Board of Governors of the US Merchant Marine Academy. Admiral Platt has a Master of Science from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester as well as an MBA from the School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program, Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.

Duffrey Sigurdson is a journalist and media relations specialist. He has worked in Australia, S.E. Asia and Europe as well as the USA and Canada. He is also involved in the production of unmanned vessels for military and commercial use and he races ocean going multihull sailboats in international competition. He has recently taken up flying in order to pursue his interest in vintage WW2 aircraft.