ISBN:
9781429477864
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1429477865
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 268 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Available in another form Making twenty-first-century strategy : an introduction to modern national security processes and problems
Keywords:
Strategy
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National security United States
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Strategy
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National security
;
United States Strategic aspects
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United States Military policy
;
United States
;
United States Military policy
;
United States Strategic aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"This new work defines national security strategy, its objectives, the problems it confronts, and the influences that constrain and facilitate its development and implementation in a post-Cold War, post-9/11 environment. The authors note that making and implementing national strategy centers on risk management and present a model for assessing strategic risks and the process for allocating limited resources to reduce them. The major threats facing the United States now come from its unique status as "the sole remaining superpower" against which no nation-state or other entity can hope to compete through conventional means. The alternative is what is now called asymmetrical or fourth generation warfare. Drew and Snow discuss all these factors in detail and bring them together by examining the continuing problems of making strategy in a changed and changing world."--AU Press web site
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionFraming the problem -- The political dimension -- The military dimension -- Influences on the process -- Continuing dilemmas.
Note:
Title from title screen (viewed on May 19, 2009). - "November 2006. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261) and index
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Title from title screen (viewed on May 19, 2009)
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Mode of access: Internet from Air Force web site. Address as of 5/19/09: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aupress/Books/Drew_Snow/DrewSnow.pdf; current access available via PURL.
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