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The joint operating environment 2008 : using history to inform the future / Michaël Peeters, editor .

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Peeters, Michaël
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2010.
Colección:American political, economic, and security issues series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • THE JOINT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 2008: USING HISTORY TO INFORM THE FUTURE; THE JOINT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 2008: USING HISTORY TO INFORM THE FUTURE ; CONTENTS; PREFACE; U.S. JOINT FORCES COMMAND CLARIFIES JOINT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 2008; U.S. Joint Forces Command releases a clarification on the Joint Operating Environment 2008.; THE JOINT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 2008: CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE JOINT FORCE; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I: THE CONSTANTS; A. The Nature of War; B. The Nature of Change; STRATEGIC ESTIMATES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; C. The Challenge of Disruptions.
  • THE FRAGILITY OF HISTORY
  • AND THE FUTURE ... D. Grand Strategy; PART II: TRENDS INFLUENCING THE WORLD'S SECURITY; A. Demographics; WORLD POPULATION PYRAMIDS; B. Globalization; LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY OF GLOBALIZATION; C. Economics; THE VOLATILITY OF TRENDS; D. Energy; E. Food; F. Water; G. Climate Change and Natural Disasters; H. Pandemics; I. Cyber; J. Space; K. Conclusion; PART III: THE CONTEXTUAL WORLD; A. Competition and Cooperation among Conventional Powers; B. Potential Challenges and Threats; 1. China; 2. Russia; 3. The Pacific and Indian Oceans; 4. Europe; 5. Central and South America.
  • 6. Africa7. The Center of Instability: The Middle East and Central Asia; C. Weak and Failing states; D. The Threats of Unconventional Power; E. The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; F. Technology; G. The Battle of Narratives; H. Urbanization; PART IV: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE JOINT FORCE; A. War in the Twenty-First Century; B. Preparing for War; C. The Conduct of Military Operations in the Twenty-First Century; D. Professional Military Education: The Critical Key to the Future; PART V: SOME LEADING QUESTIONS; A. Defense Economics and Acquisition Policies; B. The Personnel System.
  • PART VI: CONCLUDING THOUGHTSEnd Notes; INDEX.