The U.S. National Security Strategy for the 21st Century

Abstract

The current National Security Strategy represents a major change from the previous post-Cold War strategies. While numerous factors can account for this change clearly the impact of terrorism on U.S. shores is largely responsible for the shift in America's strategy. This paper will first discuss the environment that drove the Bush Administration to dramatically alter the direction of the nation's grand strategy. Secondly this paper will argue that the effects of globalization require a balanced use of all elements of national power to successfully achieve U.S. strategic goals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424244

Entities

People

  • Michael D. Lingenfelter

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies