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A New Division of Labor

Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq

By: Andrew R. Hoehn,Adam Grissom,David Ochmanek,David A. Shlapak,Alan J. Vick,David A. Ochmanek

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A New Division of Labor

Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq

By: Andrew R. Hoehn,Adam Grissom,David Ochmanek,David A. Shlapak,Alan J. Vick,David A. Ochmanek

An emerging U.S. grand strategy--the promotion of democracy and freedom abroad--will certainly involve the U.S. armed forces. Although they must change to meet changes in emphasis and demand, theycannot risk their historic strengths. Some areas of interest are the organization and employment of forces, planning for future conflicts, developing information resources, and fostering partnerships among the services and with allies.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042505

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9780833042507

Shaping the Future Air Force

By: David A. Shlapak

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Shaping the Future Air Force

By: David A. Shlapak

Examines how U.S national security strategy and the USAF might change to better confront new challenges presented by future major regional conflicts and counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and nation-assistance operations.

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0833038796

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9780833038791

The Challenge of Nuclear-armed Regional Adversaries

By: David A. Ochmanek,Lowell Schwartz

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The Challenge of Nuclear-armed Regional Adversaries

By: David A. Ochmanek,Lowell Schwartz

A defining feature of the post-Cold War international security environment has been that the United States, acting either alone or with allies and coalition partners, possessed the capability to impose its will on states, such as Serbia and Iraq under Saddam Hussein, that could be termed regional adversaries. We define this term to mean countries (1) that pursue policies that are at odds with the interests of the United States and its security partners and that run counter to broadly accepted norms of state behavior and (2) whose size and military forces are not of the first magnitude. 1 The category is useful as a means of distinguishing this group of states from larger, more powerful states, such as Russia, China, and India, which do not share their vulnerabilities to forcible intervention and which, for the present, at least, are pursuing policies vis- -vis the United States and its allies that are generally more cooperative than confrontational.

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0833042327

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9780833042323

Thinking About America's Defense

An Analytical Memoir

By: Glenn A. Kent,David R. Frelinger

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Thinking About America's Defense

An Analytical Memoir

By: Glenn A. Kent,David R. Frelinger

Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP), leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s, developing and analyzing strategic nuclear arms control agreements, helping to bring new weapon systems to life, and many others. Each vignette describes the analytical frameworks and, where appropriate, the mathematical formulas and charts that Glenn developed and applied to gain insights into the issue at hand. The author also relates his roles in much of the bureaucratic pulling and hauling that occurred as issues were addressed within the government.

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283

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0833048627

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9780833048622

The Arms Race in an Era of Negotiations

By: David Carlton,Carlo Schaerf

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The Arms Race in an Era of Negotiations

By: David Carlton,Carlo Schaerf

The countries of NATO and the Warsaw Pact have begun to negotiate for nuclear and conventional arms reductions. The world is no longer bipolar, as the arsenals of China, France and Britain become more significant. This book looks at strategic realities and current global and European problems.

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288

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Springer

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1349119679

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9781349119677

Learning Large Lessons

The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era

By: David E. Johnson

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The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era

By: David E. Johnson

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post?Cold War conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). Because joint doctrine frequently reflects a consensus view rather than a truly integrated joint perspective, the author recommends that joint doctrine-and the processes by which it is derived and promulgated-be overhauled. The author also recommends reform for the services beyond major operations and campaigns to ensure that the United States attains its strategic objectives. This revised edition includes updates and an index.

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0833042416

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9780833042415

Book's by David A. Ochmanek

A New Division of Labor

A New Division of Labor

Shaping the Future Air Force

Shaping the Future Air Force

The Challenge of Nuclear-armed Regional Adversaries

The Challenge of Nuclear-armed Regional Adversaries

Thinking About America's Defense

Thinking About America's Defense

The Arms Race in an Era of Negotiations

The Arms Race in an Era of Negotiations

Learning Large Lessons

Learning Large Lessons

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