Challenge and Response: Anticipating US Military Security Concerns

Abstract

We have recently experienced the rather sudden end of the cold war, an event that ranks among not only the top public events of this century, but in view of the projected consequences had a nuclear war occurred, may be judged as a seminal point in the history of our civilization. Mankind's highest level of technology had been impressed into the service of military security as two sizable alliances faced each other nervously as they contemplated the horrendous costs of implementing their war-making capabilities. For the great powers, a big war didn't make sense. But for many states, smaller wars may well remain attractive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA421859

Entities

People

  • Albert Mitchum
  • Karl P. Magyar
  • Lewis B. Ware
  • Maris Mccrabb

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies