LEADER 08106oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910974337603321 005 20021004112824.0 010 $a9798216003526 010 $a9780313007019 010 $a0313007012 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216003526 035 $a(CKB)111056485430242 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230876 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187670 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230876 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10197508 035 $a(PQKB)11445673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000548 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10005696 035 $a(OCoLC)928191048 035 $a(OCoLC)1314382886 035 $a(DLC)BP9798216003526BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000548 035 $a(Perlego)4202414 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485430242 100 $a20010104e20012024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPutting "defense" back into U.S. defense policy $erethinking U.S. security in the post-Cold War world /$fIvan Eland 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $aviii, 242 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275973483 311 08$a0275973484 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-234) and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 327 $aIraq -- 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. 327 $aNOTES -- 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. 330 8 $aThis book examines the implications of counterinsurgency wars for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them. In this compelling study, Eland questions the core assumptions of the American foreign policy and defense establishments that call for military interventions around the world and high and increasing defense budgets at home. He outlines a security policy more appropriate to the sober realities of the post-Cold War era. This is an approach that calls for military restraint overseas, taking advantage of the already secure U.S. geostrategic position, while safeguarding vital national interests. Eland details the military force structure needed for this new role and calculates the reduced defense budget required to pay for these forces. This book is a timely wake-up call to those who make American foreign and defense policies. It demands a badly needed re-thinking of America's national interests. In the author's view, America's natural geostrategic position places it at a natural advantage, rendering unnecessary a forward defense posture. A non-interventionist foreign policy would save money by requiring lower defense budgets. An America less willing to get involved in complex overseas disputes unrelated to U.S vital interests would also be less likely to make enemies around the world. 606 $aNational security$zUnited States 606 $aWorld politics$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a355/.033073 700 $aEland$b Ivan$01613515 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974337603321 996 $aPutting "defense" back into U.S. defense policy$94336869 997 $aUNINA