Strategy and logistics for the New World Order. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5467588

Gildersleeve, C W

An interdisciplinary analysis of the post-Cold War world to determine the optimal strategy to attain the national interests of the United States, and the requisite logistic structure to support that strategy. The optimal solution is found to be a strategy based on multinational defense centered on a permanent force of United Nations garrison port complexes. This multilateral force would be augmented by as small a national defense force as necessary to ensure national security. The theses endeavors to reconnect the cultural and philosophical past of the United States with its immediate future. National interests are identified through examination of American Pragmatism and the philosophies of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. To determine the current status of common defense, based upon the Foreign Military Sales system, and analysis of current data is accomplished. Future threats to the United States are examined with special emphasis on nuclear terrorism. The ability of Islamic nations in North Africa and the Middle East to produce significant quantities of uranium is demonstrated. The grave political as well as ongoing environmental consequences of this recent capability are discussed in detail.

• Research Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5467588
• Report Number(s): AD-A-246394/1/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (M.S.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GLOBAL ASPECTS
MIDDLE EAST
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
NATIONAL SECURITY
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