America promises to come back
Subtitle: our new national security strategy
By: by James J. Tritten
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of National Security Affairs
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Military planning
Other titles: NPS-NS-91-003C.
Description: An analysis of President Bush's new national security strategy first unveiled in Aspen,      Colorado on August 2, 1990, involving a mix of active, reserve, and reconstitutable forces,      and General Colin Powell's Base Force. If implemented, the new strategy and force structure      would return significant U.S. ground and air forces to the continental U.S. where most would      be demobilized. In the event of a major crisis, the U.S. would rely on active and reserve      forces for a contingency response, much as was done for Operation DESERT SHIELD. The      new national security strategy is based upon the 25% budget cut negotiated with Congress,      and a revised Soviet threat and new international security environment which assumes      two-years warning of a European-centered global war with the USSR. During this period, the      U.S. and NATO would reconstitute additional military capability. Outline of the sources of      new strategy and force structure, the Base Force, transportation requirements, and whether or      not the U.S. will retain a unilateral capability for overseas intervention. The new strategy is not      simply an adjustment to existing defense doctrine or strategy but rather a fundamental revision      to the way the U.S. has approached defense since 1945.
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-NS-91-003C."

"October 23, 1991."

AD A243 177.

Includes bibliographical references.

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