Defense Planning: A Time for Breadth

Abstract

Contemporary defense planning is dominated by a narrow, rational frame of reference. Present planning concentrates too heavily on developing warfighting capabilities for specific, rigid scenarios. It disregards the other missions which military forces fulfill in support of national policy objectives. The rigor and focus of the current analytical methods have provided objectivity in many areas where service parochialism formerly reigned supreme. For all its merit, however, the present system has led defense planners to adopt a view of the world which is too rigid and narrow. If this trend persists, the flexibility of future forces to support policy will be seriously jeopardized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA510938

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Lunsford Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Commerce
  • Defense Planning
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.