Understanding U.S. Strategy: A Reader

Abstract

The Ninth National Security Affairs Conference, cosponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and the National Defense University, provided a forum in which officials from throughout Government discussed important aspects of U.S. national security with prominent leaders from the private sector. The papers presented to stimulate discussions at the conference, as well as summaries of those discussions, make up this volume. This year's conference, "Evolving Strategies for a Changing World," addressed the problems of devising a coherent U.S. national security strategy to meet the challenges of international turbulence. Five topics were addressed: evolving a national strategy, strategies for Western Europe, strategies for the use of space, comparing U.S. and Soviet strategies, and the U.S. system for developing strategy. Our distinguished authors and panelists raised fundamental strategic issues which will continue to confront U.S. national security policy makers in the years ahead. Because the issues are of abiding concern to scholars and to an informed American public, we have departed somewhat from our "Proceedings" format of past years and have designed this 1982 NSAC report as a reader in national security. We feel it will serve the defense and academic communities even better in this format, while still furnishing an accurate account of the conference events. Contents are as follows: Introduction to Key Issues in National Strategy; Keynote Address -- Evolving Strategies for a Changing World; Evolving a National Strategy; National Security Strategies for the Use of Space; Alternative Strategies for the Defense of Western Europe; Comparing United States and Soviet National Strategies; and Reorganizing the United States System for Developing Strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA261737

Entities

People

  • Terry L. Heyns

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space