Alternative military strategies for the future

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:7011599

Dunn, K A; Staudenmaier, W O

In this volume, contributors outline the changes in military strategy, policy, and force structure that they believe the U.S. must adopt if it is to cope successfully with threats to national security in the l980s and l990s. The alternatives they present cover the gamut from a strategic withdrawal from global commitments to proposals for increasing U.S. power projection and forcible entry capabilities in the Third World. In many ways the chapters are critical of current and past approaches to military strategy. Yet the authors believe it is essential that strategists understand the existing critiques of current U.S. military strategy in order to make the current policy decisions for the future. The authors analyze U.S. interests and objectives, the changing strategic environment, and the major security threats facing the U.S. in the coming decades. They also discuss what they believe is the proper mix of political, economic, and military instruments for dealing with future threats. In the final chapter, after considering the diverse and often provocative views of the other contributors, the editors offer an integrated policy, strategy, and force structure that they feel is appropriate for the U.S.'s entry into the 2lst century.

• OSTI ID: 7011599
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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