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Debates over the U.S. global defense posture are not new. As policymakers today evaluate the U.S. forward military presence, it is important that they understand how and why the U.S. global posture has changed in the past. Today's posture is under increasing pressure from a number of sources, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pettyjohn, Stacie L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, California : RAND, 2012.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Temas:
Military bases, American > Planning.
Bases militaires américaines > Planification.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces
Military policy
Military readiness
United States > Defenses > History.
United States > Armed Forces > Foreign countries.
United States > Military policy.
États-Unis > Défense nationale > Histoire.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Framework for U.S. posture
  • Extent of the U.S. overseas military presence
  • Operational orientation of American forces
  • Continental defense, 1783-1815
  • Continental defense and commercialism, 1815-1898
  • Transition period, 1898-1905
  • Oceanic posture
  • Hemispheric defense (hemispheric anti-access/area denial)
  • Perimeter defense in-depth, 1943-1949
  • Consolidated defense-in-depth
  • Transitioning from perimeter defense-in-depth to consolidated defense-in-depth
  • Expeditionary defense-in-depth
  • Comparing the GDPR to perimeter defense-in-depth
  • Findings and recommendations
  • Recommendations
  • Concluding thoughts.

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