The U.S. Military: Ready for the New World Order?

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Bloomsbury Academic, Feb 28, 1993 - History - 192 pages

Will current strategic planning give the United States the sort of military capabilities that are needed to counter threats likely to occur in the future? Using first-hand experience at the Pentagon and an army background, Lieutenant Colonel Peters outlines serious problems, offers fresh insights into the defense planning process, and makes suggestions for developing an optimal force structure for the year 2000. This analysis utilizes case studies of the Gulf War, departing from recent studies about military reform. Policymakers, experts in political and military strategy, and political scientists interested in the inner workings of government agencies will find this study a provocative one.

Peters assesses the global security environment in this post-Cold War era and defines the risks and consequences likely to confront us. Employing the lens of organizational theory, he points to disjunctures between military and political policies and dysfunctional practices in the Defense Department. He describes the basic components in a force structure that would make the nation more secure militarily by the turn of the century.

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Contents

Global Politics and Influences for Change
1
Operating Security Framework for the Year 2000
47
The U S Joint Strategic Planning Process
65
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John Peters
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About the author (1993)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN E. PETERS specializes in European security and arms control issues.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe U.S. Military: Ready for the New World Order?
Contributions in Military Studies
AuthorJohn Peters
Editionillustrated
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1993
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 11, 2009
ISBN0313285918, 9780313285912
Length192 pages
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History / Military / General
History / Military / United States
  
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