Naval Forces in the Asia-Pacific Region

Abstract

During the Cold War, U.S. national security policy had a clear unifying principle of containing Soviet expansion while deterring nuclear attacks against the U.S. or its allies. This principle was expounded in George Keenan's long telegram and Paul Nitze's NSC-68. However, with the end of the Cold War, the world is substantially more complicated and a single unifying principle to provide clear guidance in specific cases is absent. This paper examines the impact of this changing global arena on maritime forces in the Asia-Pacific region. This analysis explores the requirement for the U.S. to cultivate additional maritime relationships in the Asian theater.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401847

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Bennett

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • South Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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