United States Overseas Basing: An Anatomy of the DilemmaMaintaining that enhanced national security and successful foreign policy depend on the capacity to sustain military forces abroad, this book provides a framework for dealing with the tough decisions about overseas basing that will emerge during the remainder of this century. The author argues that what is most important to national security and the optimum performance of individual bases is the capacity of the full basing system to move and employ military forces. Presenting a global, systems perspective for all overseas basing, he demonstrates that the value of individual bases depends on their ability to interact with each other. This system describes the bases as points in an integrated network and defines the utility of a given base not only in terms of the functions that base performs for the region in which it is located, but also in terms of how it fits with and contributes to the entire basing system. |
Contents
The Rise and Decline of the Overseas Basing System | 9 |
Todays Overseas Basing System | 57 |
The Costs Value and Future of Overseas Basing | 97 |
Copyright | |
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