U.S. Naval Forces and Horizontal Escalation: Pros, Cons, and Recommendations

Abstract

U.S. naval services should not recommend horizontal escalation to the national command authority as a military strategy to compel a peer adversary to relent during a crisis or conflict because of the increased likelihood of inadvertent escalation, the low probability of success, and the significant risk to national interests. Instead, the naval services must continue to develop operational concepts such as Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE), Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), and Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) that deter Chinese expansionism by denying a fait accompli.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 2020
Accession Number
AD1177747

Entities

People

  • Alexander T. Luedtke

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Denial
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • International Security
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Sea Control
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • War Games
  • Warfare

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  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.