A National Strategy for an Uncertain Future
Abstract
Our defense strategy must focus our limited resources in those areas of greatest threat to our national interests. For years the ends and means of our national defense strategy have been out of balance. Given the changed nature of war and a remarkably different threat environment, we can achieve a balanced strategy. Unlike the world of the late 1940s and early 1950s when the strategy of containment was adopted, the threat today is low intensity conflict. Although the United States must maintain a nuclear force for deterrence, the United States should not be preparing to fight a large-scale war in central Europe. Instead, compelled by budget cuts, the force structure should be modified into a lighter, more mobile force with ability to respond quickly anywhere in the world.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA230122
Entities
People
- Joel D. Bonewitz
Organizations
- Air War College