Strategic Intelligence Considerations When Preparing for War

Abstract

This thesis seeks to answer the research question: What strategic policy assessments should be made by intelligence prior to committing U.S. military forces to war? Supporting details are culled from military and political writers addressing strategic policy issues and distilled into the following framework: problem identification, interests analysis, objective and end state assessment, internal strategic appraisal, comparative national power assessment, strategy development, and the identification and closure of gaps between strategy and the means to execute that strategy. These seven basic considerations form the general outline for assessing the efficacy of committing U.S. forces to war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA586895

Entities

People

  • William A. Gawthrop

Organizations

  • National Intelligence University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Strategic Intelligence
  • Vietnam War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design