Making twenty-first-century strategy : an introduction to modern national security processes and problems

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910702867703321
• Autore: Drew Dennis M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-4294-7786-5
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 268 pages : digital, PDF file
• Disciplina: 355.03
• Soggetti: Strategy - United States; National security; Military & Naval Science; Law, Politics & Government; Armies; United States Strategic aspects; United States Military policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Framing the problem -- The political dimension -- The military dimension -- Influences on the process -- Continuing dilemmas
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.