This report describes the challenges policymakers have faced as seen through the lens of the three major force structure reviews that have taken place over the past decade the 1990 base force the 1993 bottom up review and the 1997 quadrennial defense review the report focuses on the assumptions decisions and outcomes associated with these reviews as well as the planning and execution of each it concludes that all three reviews fell short of fully apprehending the demands of the . Defense planning in a decade of change lessons from the base force bottom up review and quadrennial defense review lessons from the base force bottom up quadrennial defense review english edition ebook larson eric orletsky david leuschner kristin orletsky david leuschner kristin amazonde kindle shop. Defense planning in a decade of change lessons from the base force bottom up review and quadrennial defense review amazonde larson eric orletsky david . Defense planning in a decade of change lessons from the base force bottom up review and quadrennial defense review author eric larson subject describes the challenges policymakers have faced as seen through the lens of the three major force structure reviews that have taken place over the past decade the 1990 base force the 1993 bottom up review and the 1997 quadrennial defense review . This report describes the challenges policymakers have faced as seen through the lens of the three major force structure reviews that have taken place over the past decade the 1990 base force the 1993 bottom up review and the 1997 quadrennial defense review the report focuses on the assumptions decisions and outcomes associated with these reviews as well as the planning and execution of