Gian Gentile

A History of the Third Offset, 2014-2018 Gian Gentile

The authors document the history of the Third Offset, a U. S. strategy that focused on the potential of technology to offset Chinese and Russian military advances and that shaped the 2018 National Defense Strategy. The authors describe efforts to effect change within the U. S. Department of Defense and interview key defense leaders who did so, providing an example of how to bring about organizational change in large military institutions.