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Author O'Hanlon, Michael E.

Title Defense planning for the late 1990s : beyond the Desert Storm framework / Michael O'Hanlon
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, [1995]
©1995

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Description xv, 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Studies in defense policy
Studies in defense policy.
Contents 1. The Current U.S. Defense Debate. The Need for a Broader Debate. The Clinton Administration's Strategy and Force Structure. Are There Underfunding or Readiness Crises? -- 2. An Alternative Defense Posture and Budget. A Strategy for Transition. Costs and Savings of the Alternative Defense Posture -- 3. The Military Challenge of Regional War. The Nature of Regional Threats. Sizing U.S. Combat Capabilities. Logistics and Pre-positioning. Understanding Regional Military Campaigns. Planning for the Unexpected -- 4. Peace Operations, Forward Presence, and Crisis Response. U.S. Peacetime Presence. Peace Operations and the U.S. Military. Peace Operations and Multilateral Force Planning Issues -- 5. Nuclear Weapons. An Alternative Nuclear Doctrine. An Alternative Nuclear Force -- 6. Security Structures and Defense Postures for the Twenty-First Century. The NATO Alliance. U.S. Alliances in East Asia. Arms Export Policies -- Appendix A: Lanchester and Dupuy Equations
Appendix B: Conventional Bombers in Regional Warfare
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures.
SUBJECT United States -- Defenses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139992
United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
United States -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 -- 1993-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006372
Author Brookings Institution.
LC no. 95022189
ISBN 0815764499