Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense.

Abstract

This report seeks to describe allied contributions to the common defense and to indicate what is being done to assure that the defense of Western interests is shared equitably. The need for equitable burdensharing seems very clear. The growing Soviet threat to Western interests -- as a result of the unremitting Soviet military buildup since the early 1960s -- requires an increased defense effort by both the US and its allies. In order to maintain adequate public and governmental support for this increased defense effort, equitable burdensharing is a sine qua non. Neither we nor our allies, especially at a time of economic difficulty for all, should expect any one nation to carry a disproportionate share of the common defense burden. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA137369

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Investments
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Science
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Tactical Reconnaissance
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • International Relations and European Studies