Creating Strategic Vision: Long-Range Planning for National Security

Abstract

America faces a 21st century challenged by military and political competition with the Soviet Union, terrorism in the Third World, and economic competition with Asia and Europe. Our weaknesses are due as much as anything to our lack of strategic vision. We lack effective systems for systematic, long- range planning and an ability to think about long-range agendas for large institutions. This book is a key building block to development of American strategic vision, long-range planning, innovation and thinking about the future. The effort to look at the Air Force experience, to consider a surprise-free future for dealing with the Soviet Union, and to outline the fundamental questions of an introductory model for long-range planning will be helpful to everyone who is concerned about America's defense establishment and about America's future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187043

Entities

People

  • F. D. Whitehouse
  • Jerrold P. Allen
  • John H. Stewart Ii
  • Perry M. Smith

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Demography
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials Processing
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design