The Search for Strategy Politics and Strategic Vision |
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Author:
| Guertner, Gary L. |
Series title: | Contributions in Military Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-313-28881-4 |
Publication Date: | May 1993 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Imprint: | Praeger |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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Noted scholars and practitioners describe how America's military strategy is being developed in a post-Cold War eolitical environment to meet future needs confronting the sole surviving world superpower. In defining the domestic constraints and the intense political process that is tied into the formulation of military strategy, they show how difficult it is to build a consensus for American military leadership in a multipolar world. This evaluation of strategic concepts and their...
More DescriptionNoted scholars and practitioners describe how America's military strategy is being developed in a post-Cold War eolitical environment to meet future needs confronting the sole surviving world superpower. In defining the domestic constraints and the intense political process that is tied into the formulation of military strategy, they show how difficult it is to build a consensus for American military leadership in a multipolar world. This evaluation of strategic concepts and their application to issues about conventional and nuclear deterrence, technological requirements, and collective security should be required reading for staff officers, civilians in national security bureaucracies, policymakers, and students and scholars concerned with military and security policy.