Defense strategy for the post-Saddam era
"Offers pragmatic policy recommendations for strengthening the U.S. military's ability to respond to international crises, with engagement or deterrence, and protect American citizens while maintaining fiscal responsibility, by expanding ground forces yet containing spending, modernizing w...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press,
c2005
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| Schlagworte: | Iraq War, 2003- Afghan War, 2001- World politics Iraq War, 2003-2011 United States - Armed Forces Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (x, 148 p) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; ONE. Introduction; TWO. Setting the Context: The Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and Their Lessons; THREE. The Need to Increase the Size of U.S. Ground Forces; FOUR. The Draft, the Overseas Base Structure, and the Allies; FIVE. Modernizing Weaponry; SIX. Beyond Iraq and North Korea; Notes; Index