Geopolitics, Security, and U.S. Strategy in the Caribbean BasinThis study examines some operational military issues involving the Caribbean Basin, and it reflects the broader concern that answers to operational military questions should depend heavily on answers to more fundamental questions about why and how the United States should be interested in this complex, unstable region. Based on an examination of current trends as well as historical experience since promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine, the study advances a conceptual framework that identifies underlying geostrategic principles for guiding U.S. policy in the Basin. The study then proposes specific measures for developing an integrated political, economic, and military strategy that would advance U.S. interests and meet the interests of Basin neighbors. |
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Contents
A FRAMEWORK FOR MODERNIZING TRADITIONAL | 5 |
THE HISTORY OF TRADITION 18101980 | 16 |
THE FUTURE CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT | 29 |
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| Title | Geopolitics, Security, and U.S. Strategy in the Caribbean Basin Rand Report Rand publication series R (Rand Corporation) Volume 2997 of Rand Corporation Report R- |
| Author | David F. Ronfeldt |
| Contributor | United States. Air Force |
| Publisher | Rand, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0833005316, 9780833005311 |
| Length | 93 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) Political Science / General Political Science / International Relations / General |
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