U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 /
Debates over the U.S. global defense posture are not new. As policymakers today evaluate the U.S. forward military presence, it is important that they understand how and why the U.S. global posture has changed in the past. Today's posture is under increasing pressure from a number of sources, i...
| Основен автор: | Pettyjohn, Stacie L. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Santa Monica, California :
Rand,
2012.
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| Серия: |
Rand Corporation monograph series.
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U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011. |
Съдържание:
- Framework for U.S. posture
- Extent of the U.S. overseas military presence
- Operational orientation of American forces
- Continental defense, 1783-1815
- Continental defense and commercialism, 1815-1898
- Transition period, 1898-1905
- Oceanic posture
- Hemispheric defense (hemispheric anti-access/area denial)
- Perimeter defense in-depth, 1943-1949
- Consolidated defense-in-depth
- Transitioning from perimeter defense-in-depth to consolidated defense-in-depth
- Expeditionary defense-in-depth
- Comparing the GDPR to perimeter defense-in-depth
- Findings and recommendations
- Recommendations
- Concluding thoughts.