The Information Element of National Power; Clarity at Last?

Abstract

This paper examines the grand strategy of the United States the employment of the instruments of national power for prosecuting of the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT). The purpose of this examination is to assess the effectiveness of this strategy and determine if it will lead to winning the GWOT in a global security environment that has significantly changed. This assessment will show that because there is no integrating strategy to ensure consonance in employment of the instruments of national power the U. S. is finding it increasingly difficult to achieve its strategic objectives in this war. This analysis will conclude that in order to overcome this difficulty the U.S. must employ the information element of national power with greater clarity in the global security environment. In order to achieve this clarity the U.S. revamp its governmental structures to insure effective execution of an information strategy that meets the challenges of securing its national interests within the present-day complex global security environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423631

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People

  • Raymond L. Lamb

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Southeast Asia
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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