Putting "defense" back into U.S. defense policy : rethinking U.S. security in the post-Cold War world / / Ivan Eland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819212503321
• Autore: Eland Ivan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 979-82-16-00352-6; 0-313-00701-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 242 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 355/.033073
• Soggetti: National security - United States; World politics - 21st century; 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 (p. [229]-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- 1 U.S. National Security: Mismatch between Policy and Reality -- NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY EVOLVES -- THE UNITED STATES IS OVEREXTENDED -- AN EXTENDED DEFENSE PERIMETER MAY UNDERMINE U.S. VITAL INTERESTS -- Far-Flung Peacetime Interventions Can Undermine Recruitment and Retention of Soldiers -- Profligate Interventions Can Reduce the Readiness to Fight a Real War -- "Readiness Crisis" Indicates That Excessive Military Requirements Exceed Already Abundant Resources -- THE AMOUNT SPENT ON THE MILITARY IS ALREADY HUGE -- A COMPLETE REVIEW OF U.S. SECURITY IS NEEDED -- NOTES -- 2 Defining U.S. Vital Interests -- THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY -- A CONCRETE AND NARROW DEFINITION OF U.S. VITAL INTERESTS -- WHAT IS NOT VITAL -- Korea -- The Persian Gulf -- Defending Values -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 3 Threats to U.S. Vital Interests -- THE THREAT TO U.S. CITIZENS, TERRITORY, AND INSTITUTIONS -- Russian Nuclear Attack -- Chinese Nuclear Attack -- Threats from Rogue States -- Some Proliferation Is Worse than Others -- Proliferation to Rogue States -- A Case Study in Failure: Preventing Proliferation to Iraq -- The Demise of the Soviet Union: Proliferation ; Made Easier -- Proliferation of Information-Warfare Technology -- A Changed Strategic Environment for a Superpower -- THREATS TO MAJOR REGIONS OF U.S. INTEREST -- The Threat to East Asia -- China's Conventional Military Capabilities -- China Will Modernize Its Military Slowly -- China Will Be Limited in Its Ability to Project Power -- China's Defense Industry Lacks Sophistication -- Chinese Intentions -- The Threat to Europe -- Resources for the Russian Military Are Scarce -- The Russian Defense Industry -- The Decline of the Russian Military Is Unlikely to Be Reversed Soon -- Even the Threats to Nonstrategic Regions Have Declined -- North Korea.; Iraq -- Iran -- Syria -- Libya -- Sudan -- Cuba -- THREATS TO U.S. TRADE -- THE CHIMERA OF INSTABILITY -- CONCLUSION: A RANKING OF THREATS -- NOTES -- 4 U.S. Security Strategy -- "BALANCER-OF-LAST-RESORT" STRATEGY -- PROTECTION OF U.S. TRADE -- EVEN IN THE MOST IMPORTANT REGIONS OF THE GLOBE, U.S. ALLIANCES ARE OUT OF DATE -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY -- EFFECTS OF A FAILED SECURITY STRATEGY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 5 The United States Must Revamp Its Military Forces -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE CURRENT U.S. FORCE STRUCTURE -- THE UNITED STATES SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM PLANNING TO FIGHT TWO WARS -- THE FORCE STRUCTURE NEEDED TO BE A BALANCER OF LAST RESORT -- Ground Forces -- Air and Sea Power -- Vulnerable Air Bases -- Airlift and Sealift -- Readiness of U.S. Forces -- Strategic Forces and National Missile Defense -- Conventional Wisdom on Missile Defense Is Out of Date -- Missile Defense Has Utility Despite Its Inability to Counter All Threats -- Combine Missile Defense with Deep Cuts in Offensive Forces -- Modifying the ABM Treaty to Allow NMD -- Benefits of a Much Smaller Nuclear Arsenal Coupled with a Limited NMD37 -- NMD Must Be Thoroughly Tested before Purchase -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 6 Weapons Unnecessary for a Balancer-of-Last-Resort Strategy -- WEAPONS TO BE TERMINATED OR DELAYED -- Tactical Fighters -- F-22 Raptor -- F-18E/F Super Hornet -- Joint Strike Fighter -- Airlift Aircraft -- V-22 Tiltrotor Aircraft -- The Comanche Helicopter -- Crusader Self-Propelled Howitzer -- Upgrading the M1A1 Tank -- Unneeded Antitank Weapons -- Advanced Amphibious Vehicle -- Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier and Future Carriers -- Virginia-Class Submarines -- Surface Combatants -- LPD-17 -- Theater Missile Defense -- Retain the Navy Area and Theaterwide and Army PAC-3 Programs -- Terminate THAAD, MEADS, and Airborne Laser -- CONCLUSION.; NOTES -- 7 Defense Programs That Need Increased Funding or Attention -- A NEW LONG-RANGE BOMBER -- STOVL AND VTOL AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY -- UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES -- A LIGHTER TANK -- A LIGHTER SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY PIECE -- MINE COUNTERMEASURES -- LONG-RANGE PRECISION WEAPONS -- COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS -- ELECTRONIC WARFARE -- INVESTING TO COMBAT BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS -- CRUISE MISSILE DEFENSE FOR U.S. FORCES AND THE U.S. HOMELAND -- Defending the U.S. Homeland -- Defending U.S. Forces -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 8 An Appropriate Defense Budget for the Balancer-of-Last-Resort Strategy -- A MUCH SMALLER DEFENSE BUDGET ACHIEVED THROUGH BOTTOM-UP COSTING WILL NOT HARM U.S. SECURITY -- Detailed Costs of the Reduced Force -- Army -- Marine Corps -- Navy -- Air Force -- Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Miscellaneous Forces -- Trim the Nuclear Labs -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 9 Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.