03165nam 2200601 a 450 991046264350332120200520144314.00-8157-2486-1(CKB)2670000000358258(EBL)1186369(SSID)ssj0000873020(PQKBManifestationID)11547737(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873020(PQKBWorkID)10864350(PQKB)11384959(MiAaPQ)EBC1186369(OCoLC)843880773(MdBmJHUP)muse32291(Au-PeEL)EBL1186369(CaPaEBR)ebr10699899(CaONFJC)MIL486997(OCoLC)850161119(EXLCZ)99267000000035825820130426d2013 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrHealing the wounded giant[electronic resource] maintaining military preeminence while cutting the defense budget /Michael E. O'HanlonWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press20131 online resource (166 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2485-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.American defense strategy and grand strategy -- Army and Marine Corps force structure -- Air Force and Navy Force structure -- Modernization -- Nuclear weapons, missile defense, and intelligence -- Military compensation and Pentagon reforms -- Conclusion-and the implications of prolonged sequestration or the equivalent -- Appendix.President Barack Obama survived a tenuous economy and a toxic political environment to win re-election in 2012, but the bitter partisan divide in Washington survived as well. So did the country's huge fiscal deficit. in this, the latest in a long line of Brookings Institution analyses of the defense budget, Michael O'Hanlon considers how best to balance national security and fiscal responsibility during a period of prolonged economic stress and political acrimony --even as the world remains unsettled, from Afghanistan to Iran to Syria to the western Pacific region. O'Hanlon explains why the large defense cuts that would result from prolonged sequestration or from deficit-reduction projects such as the Bowles-Simpson plan are too deep. But the bulk of his book represents an effort to look for greater savings than the Obama administration's 2012 proposals would allow.Maintaining military preeminence while cutting the defense budgetNational securityUnited StatesFinanceUnited StatesArmed ForcesAppropriations and expendituresUnited StatesMilitary policyUnited StatesPolitics and government2009-Electronic books.National securityFinance.355/.033573O'Hanlon Michael E552048MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462643503321Healing the wounded giant2101387UNINA