U.S. global defense posture, 1783/2011
By: Stacie L. Pettyjohn
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Monica, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780833076960
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: American Military bases; Planning; Defenses; Armed Forces; Military policy; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-124).
Table of contents: title: Framework for U.S. posture; title: Extent of the U.S. overseas military presence; title: Operational orientation of American forces; title: Continental defense, 1783-1815; title: Continental defense and commercialism, 1815-1898; title: Transition period, 1898-1905; title: Oceanic posture; title: Hemispheric defense (hemispheric anti-access/area denial); title: Perimeter defense in-depth, 1943-1949; title: Consolidated defense-in-depth; title: Transitioning from perimeter defense-in-depth to consolidated defense-in-depth; title: Expeditionary defense-in-depth; title: Comparing the GDPR to perimeter defense-in-depth; title: Findings and recommendations; title: Recommendations; title: Concluding thoughts.