National Security Strategy: A Bottom-Up Review.

Abstract

How much of a soldier's experience finds its roots in our National Security Strategy? The answer to this question is important; leaders should know the effect their policies will have on the soldiers they are charged to lead. If a leader affects the character of the army through a strategy, he may well affect the potential effectiveness of that force. Further, knowing the effect of his strategy on soldiers might offer the strategist some additional considerations when formulating a strategy. This paper discusses our strategies in the mid- seventies, eighties and nineties in terms of their ends, ways, and means, focusing on the strategies' effects at the soldier level, a review from the bottom-up. The paper offers illustrations of the effect strategy has on soldiers and offers some corresponding principles for leaders to consider in formulating strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308666

Entities

People

  • Colin K. Dunn

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Security
  • Governments
  • Margin Of Safety
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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