Toward a New National Defense Strategy: Policing the Battlefields of the Cold War

Abstract

As the drama of the Second Russian Revolution continues to unfold, the chorus of demands for a new national strategy to deal with the "new world order" reaches ever higher crescendos. (1) Stunned by the speed of these changes and preoccupied by the Persian Gulf and other regional flash points, the development of U.S. national strategy has thus far been slow to respond. A "strategy gap" has developed. To date, our public national strategy has progressed little beyond the "New Defense Strategy" first announced by President Bush at the Aspen Conference of August 2, 1990. (2) This strategy recognized the collapse of the bipolar world order, predicted the replacement of the East-West confrontation with a proliferation of regional conflicts, and promised ' a strong and engaged America."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 1992
Accession Number
ADA437358

Entities

People

  • Earl E. Keel Jr.

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • East West Relations
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Military Capabilities
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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