Strategy, Forces and Budgets: Dominant Influences in Executive Decision Making, Post-Cold War, 1989-91

Abstract

The author assesses the processes by which plans for the future state of America's armed forces were developed. Working with a great deal of original source material, he illuminates the critical series of events that resulted in the development of the National Military Strategy of the United States and the 'base force.' He comments upon the roles played throughout this process by the Secretary of Defense, by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and by the Service Chiefs. He also assesses the extent to which the build-down has been achieved since the concept was approved, and how the process was affected by the Gulf war, domestic needs, and, to a lesser degree, by a change in administrations.... National military strategy, Military establishment, Base force, Build-down, Gulf War, Domestic needs

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266688

Entities

People

  • Don M. Snider

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Case Studies
  • Cold War
  • Employment
  • Executives
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies