Theater Force Posture Analysis: Executive Summary

Abstract

The theater force posture analysis executive summary, the summary (Volume I) and the supporting appendices (Volume 2) apply primarily to the Central Region of the Allied Command Europe. U.S. objectives and U.S. policy for Europe in the changing international environment of the 1970s are examined as are the foreign policy and national objectives of the Soviet Union. European views of NATO defense problems are then presented with particular emphasis on the linkage between U.S. strategic and NATO forces. The implications of future negotiations (CSCE, MBFR, etc.) on the theater forces are discussed with the pitfalls and problem areas highlighted. Guidelines are then delinated for NATO Theater Forces for 1972-1982 and a NATO force posture and force characteristics are proposed. Volume I and the appendices in Volume I and Volume 2 provide detailed support for the summary material presented in this Executive Summary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0761117

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  • Hamilton A. Twitchell
  • Richard B. Foster
  • Stephen P. Gilbert
  • Troy P. Miller
  • Wynfred Joshua

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  • SRI International

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