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This essay is intended as a modest response to Prof. Hirshleifer's call for research in the "macrotechnology" of conflict. It specifically considers innovations undertaken by the Prussian and British Armies in response to the problems posed by the Napoleonic Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and the resulting ascendancy of the French Army. For various reasons, the Prussians chose an "emulating" response to the French; the British chose "offsetting." The discussion following considers the Napoleonic innovations and the two responses, both of which proved effective. As a result, there is support for the view that military innovation is, to a significant extent, a military choice made from a menu of military measures within the context of military-political competition.

Proceedings Paper (for Acquisition Research Program) ; Many goods and services required for government operations can be provided through commercial markets. Public officials, therefore, face a number of ''make-or-buy'' decisions. Transactions Cost Economics (TCE) offers a useful foundation for characterizing ''make-or-buy'' decisions, which this paper explores. Our dual objective is to synthesize key principles of TCE and to apply TCE to federal outsourcing. One especially useful insight is that transaction costs vary widely, and depend in known ways upon the attributes of the outsourcing action. This means, among other things, that one size should not fit all in outsourcing decision processes. ; Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

'The Pursuit of Power' by William H. McNeill; 'The Future of War' by George Friedman and Meredith Friedman; 'War, Economy and Society, 1939-1945' by Alan S. Milward; and 'War and Economy in the Third Reich' by R. J. Overy are reviewed.

'Lifting the Fog of War' by Bill Owens, with Ed Offley, is reviewed.

Franck reviews 'Citizen Soldiers' by Stephen E. Ambrose.

'Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days' by Karl Doenitz, translated by R. H. Stevens and David Woodward, and 'Iron Coffins' by Herbert A. Warner are reviewed.

Franck reviews 'On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace' by Donald Kagan.