The Future of American Landpower: Strategic Challenges for the 21st Century Army.
Abstract
The authors explore the premises which will shape thinking about the 'Army After Next.' In an era characterized by a volatile international security environment, accelerating technological advances (particularly in acquiring, processing, and disseminating information), the emergence of what some are calling a 'revolution in military affairs,' and forecasts of increasingly constrained fiscal resources, it seems ill-advised to plan only for the 'next Army.' The authors challenge convictions that provide much of the basis for the 'current Army,' as well as some of the assumptions that under-gird planning for the 'next Army.' They discuss outlines of future security conditions and the Army's role in that environment. The ensuing exchange of ideas, they hope, will help create a force that can continue to be called upon to serve the interests of the Nation in an as yet uncertain future.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 12, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA307010
Entities
People
- Douglas C. Lovelace Jr.
- Douglas V. Johnson Ii
- James O. Kievit
- Steven Metz
- William T. Johnson
Organizations
- United States Army War College