The Strategic Process: Considerations for Policy and Strategy in Southwest Asia.

Abstract

This memorandum examines the interrationship of the political objectives, security policy, and military strategy as it pertains to achieving US national interests in Southwest Asia. The author reviews the major differences between Force Development Planning and Operational Planning and postulates that a lack of understanding of these differences among policymakers and strategists causes disconnects among objectives, policies, and strategy. He, then, introduces and discusses six strategic guidelines that have the potential to mitigate the adverse strategic effect of disconnects in the strategic process in the context of Southwest Asia. The author concludes that potential policy-strategy disconnects could constrain the United States should military force be needed to secure US national interests in Southwest Asia. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 24, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109670

Entities

People

  • William O. Staudenmaier

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Exercises
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Southwest Asia
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies