Effectiveness of U.S. Grand Strategy to Prosecute Global War on Terrorism

Abstract

Over the last decade the United States has suffered lethal attacks on their citizens and interests around the globe. Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 President George Bush promulgated the Grand Strategy to prosecute a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The administration seeks to leverage all elements of national power-diplomatic informational military and economic to defeat terrorism at home and abroad. Critics of the administration contend that the scope of the GWOT objectives is not feasible or sustainable over the long term-politically fiscally or militarily. However the Bush administration's policies have thus far been successful in minimizing the impact of terrorist organizations on the United States. The occupation of Iraq has proved a conventional deterrent to other countries who may consider support of terrorist groups in their foreign policy interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423363

Entities

People

  • David R. Byrn Sr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Iraqi-War
  • Market Economy
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • North Korea
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.