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Book/Printed Material The new balance : limited armed stabilization and the future of U.S. landpower

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Title

  • The new balance : limited armed stabilization and the future of U.S. landpower

Summary

  • The author contends the Department of Defense (DoD) cannot ignore inadequacies of much of the current force as the strategic landscape becomes increasingly unpredictable. For the next large-scale unconventional challenge, the Secretary of Defense must have the right force available to respond effectively. Senior landpower leaders should anticipate there will be changes in the U.S. approach to defense-relevant and defense-specific challenges around the world and should be proactive in assisting the SecDef identify and build capabilities for the new balance point during the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review. Doing so will enable DoD to better account for contemporary strategic conditions with minimum future institutional disruption.

Names

  • Freier, Nathan
  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
  • Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute

Created / Published

  • Carlisle, PA : Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2009]

Contents

  • Prologue : a new era : reality and strategic temperance -- Introduction : a period of critical defense choices -- The strategic environment versus the policymaking environment -- The strategic environment : an unconventional status quo and its implications -- The impact of the strategic environment on landpower missions -- DoD 3000.05 : the lost opportunity -- The policymaking environment: full-spectrum dominance, uncertainty, and increasing certainty -- The tyranny of uncertainty in defense strategy and planning -- An era of increasing strategic-level certainty? -- Identifying and Institutionalizing a new balance for the coming strategy and resource war within DoD -- An alternative spectrum of conflict and the new balance -- Operationalizing the new balance in future force planning -- Guiding principles for future land force employment -- A new mission set and its impact on force planning -- A new landpower force planning construct : a two-contingency force remains the coin of the realm -- Conclusion : pursuing a new balance.

Headings

  • -  Military doctrine--United States--Forecasting
  • -  Military missions--Forecasting
  • -  War--Forecasting
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--Stability operations--Forecasting
  • -  United States--Military policy--Forecasting

Notes

  • -  "April 2009."
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-101).
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (x, 101 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • UA23

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023693097

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Chicago citation style:

Freier, Nathan, U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College, and Peacekeeping And Stability Operations Institute. The new balance: limited armed stabilization and the future of U.S. landpower. [Carlisle, PA: Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2009] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023693097/.

APA citation style:

Freier, N., Army War College, U. S. S. S. I. & Peacekeeping And Stability Operations Institute. (2009) The new balance: limited armed stabilization and the future of U.S. landpower. [Carlisle, PA: Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023693097/.

MLA citation style:

Freier, Nathan, U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College, and Peacekeeping And Stability Operations Institute. The new balance: limited armed stabilization and the future of U.S. landpower. [Carlisle, PA: Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2009] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023693097/>.