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The Art of War in the Age of Peace - U.S. Military Posture for the Post-Cold War World (Hardcover)
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The Art of War in the Age of Peace - U.S. Military Posture for the Post-Cold War World (Hardcover)
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This study begins with a set of strategic assumptions--most notably
that the risks of U.S.-Russian war are and will remain extremely
low and that the U.S. military remains a stabilizing influence in
many geographic theaters. O'Hanlon then shows that the United
States' interests in the Third World, while nowhere truly vital,
are sufficiently important to justify a measured degree of global
military presence and engagement. Historical, political, and
military analysis suggests that these interests can be protected
efficiently and effectively with a U.S. military reduced in size by
roughly 40 to 50 percent in most types of major combat forces, and
by 95 percent in nuclear forces. In the realm of conventional
forces, these cuts would be about twice as deep as those planned by
Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney; in the nuclear realm they
would be much deeper than those approved by the Bush
administration. By contrast, analysis suggests that U.S.
capabilities should be largely held constant--or in some cases even
expanded--in logistics, intelligence and communications, R&D,
and special forces. The resulting force posture would cost about
$200 billion in 1991 dollars through the early years of the next
century, and perhaps $230 billion annually thereafter. O'Hanlon's
is one of the first in-depth studies of how the U.S. military might
be reconfigured for the post-Cold War world. This study will prove
useful for defense policy makers at the specialized levels and for
students of the guns vs. butter policy issues and debates.
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