The US Army and Contemporary Conventional Deterrence

Abstract

This monograph explores the US Army's role in assisting the joint force in providing conventional deterrence to support the nation's policy objectives. It explains the theoretical foundations of conventional deterrence literature, the components of deterrence, and the distinctions within conventional deterrence literature, including extended deterrence. Providing extended conventional deterrence is a challenge for the United States because of the loss of strength gradient that states the further away from a base a force moves, the weaker it becomes. This monograph examines imperial defense in the British Empire between 1899 and 1914 as a case study of how a global power attempted to apply what is today referred to as extended deterrence. Ultimately, in order to provide effective extended conventional deterrence, the US Army must find ways to minimize the effects of the loss of strength gradient.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 2018
Accession Number
AD1070985

Entities

People

  • Thomas S. Campbell

Organizations

  • School of Advanced Military Studies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Cold War
  • Continents
  • Department Of Defense
  • Europe
  • First World War
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Military Capabilities
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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