A Review of America's Strategy: What It Will Take to Win the Global War on Terror
Abstract
Terrorism is one of the most significant long-term threats to world-wide peace and stability. To eliminate terrorism nations of the world must first recognize the seriousness of the threat and fully comprehend our enemy's goals as well as their strategy for achieving their revolutionary objectives. According to al-Qaeda's manifesto their seven-phase master plan for world domination is to establish a global caliphate which threatens our democratic values and way of life. This paper will discuss the nature of the conflict and why it is a total war against an enemy with goals objectives leadership organization and a strategy for winning. This threat is very different from what conventional warfare theorists imagined with armies facing one another in battle - we are engaged in fighting a "war of ideas." The uni-polar world and the Information Age have changed how our opponent is conducting this war and how nation states should approach countering the threat. This paper will also address al-Qaeda's strategy and how the United States and our allies should use all of the elements of national power to craft an international strategic response to defeat the growing threat of transnational terrorism and the spread of al-Qaeda's world-wide insurgency.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 05, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA448728
Entities
People
- Mark R. Wallace
Organizations
- United States Army War College