Reconstituting National Defense: The New U.S. National Security Strategy
Abstract
Explanation of President Bush's new national security strategy and General Colin Powell's Base Force. Sources of strategy. Analysis of major unresolved issues, such as: unilateral U.S. capability for war at strategic, operational, and tactical levels; impact on DoD organizations and joint military operations, the industrial and manpower base. Chapter on changing requirements for the U.S. intelligence community. Chapter on impact of Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. Analysis of role in Congress in formulating the strategy and their response to date. Implications for maritime and nuclear forces. Regional assessment from perspective of Asia and Europe. Study concludes that the major stress points of new strategy are: industrial reconstitution, additional requirements for intelligence, and the role that will be played by allies and the Congress. Includes impact of August 1991 coup in Soviet Union and unilateral announced by President Bush at end of September 1991.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA243832
Entities
People
- James John Tritten
- Paul N. Stockton
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School