American Defense Policy
American Defense Policy

Author: Paul J. Bolt

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 9780801880933

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American Defense Policy has been a mainstay for instructors of courses in political science, international relations, military affairs, and American national security for over 25 years. The updated and thoroughly revised eighth edition considers questions of continuity and change in America's defense policy in the face of a global climate beset by geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change, and terrorist violence. On September 11, 2001, the seemingly impervious United States was handed a very sharp reality check. In this new atmosphere of fear and vulnerability, policy makers were forced to make national security their highest priority, implementing laws and military spending initiatives to combat the threat of international terrorism.In this volume, experts examine the many factors that shape today's security landscape - America's values, the preparation of future defense leaders, the efforts to apply what we have learned from Afghanistan and Iraq...

Powering America's Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security Challenges
Powering America's Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security Challenges

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Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13:

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In this report, the CNA Military Advisory Board (CNA MAB) explores the growing challenges presented by the links that tie the nation's current energy posture to its economy and national security. We address the potential opportunities that could result from the transition to a clean energy technology-based economy and the key role that the Department of Defense (DOD) can play to support innovation and commercialization of clean, low carbon energy, thereby directly contributing to America's future economic competitiveness and bolstering national security.

The Strategy of Denial
The Strategy of Denial

Author: Elbridge A. Colby

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 0300262647

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Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition Elbridge A. Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the most significant revision of U.S. defense strategy in a generation. Here he lays out how America’s defense must change to address China’s growing power and ambition. Based firmly in the realist tradition but deeply engaged in current policy, this book offers a clear framework for what America’s goals in confronting China must be, how its military strategy must change, and how it must prioritize these goals over its lesser interests. The most informed and in-depth reappraisal of America’s defense strategy in decades, this book outlines a rigorous but practical approach, showing how the United States can prepare to win a war with China that we cannot afford to lose—precisely in order to deter that war from happening.

A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners
A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners

Author: Gary J. Schmitt

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781329781306

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Since the end of World War II, the United States has made maintaining a favorable balance of power in Eurasia a core element of its national security strategy. It did so in good measure by maintaining a large conventional military force that was based not only at home, but also in bases spread across Europe and Asia. That strategy was buttressed by developing security ties and alliances with key powers and front-line states. The implicit bargain was that the United States would help keep the peace on their door front if they would provide access from which American forces could operate and, in turn, maintain credible forces themselves to reinforce and support U.S. efforts at keeping the great power peace. The question raised by this collection of essays is: Is that bargain unraveling? As the following chapters note, since the end of the great power threat posed by the Soviet Union....

The Pornography of Power
The Pornography of Power

Author: Robert Scheer

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 9780446593588

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Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of the time--the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex and the arrogance of American foreign policy.