American defense policy
defense policies, reviewing excerpts from key defense policy statements and assessing the likely challenges for future policy makers.
Print Book, English, 1997
John's Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1997
xiv, 608 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780801854729, 9780801854736, 0801854725, 0801854733
34906202
pt. I. An introduction to American defense policy. Defining American defense policy. What is American defense policy? / Peter L. Hays, Brenda J. Vallance, and Alan R. Van Tassel
To what ends military power? / Robert J. Art
Thinking about American defense policy. Bureaucratic politics : a paradigm / Graham T. Allison and Morton H. Halperin
A critique of bureaucratic politics / Robert J. Art
The context of American defense policy. National security in a world of tiers / Donald M. Snow
The primacy of the domestic agenda / Peter G. Peterson, with James K. Sebenius
pt. II. The actors who influence American defense policy. The President and the Congress. the President's power to persuade / Richard E. Neustadt
Congress and defense policy / James M. Lindsay
Executive-legislative relations after the Cold War / Linda S. Jamison
OSD and the military services. The Office of the Secretary of Defense / James Schlesinger
Service identities and behavior / Carl H. Builder
Defense reorganization and national security / Vincent Davis
The intelligence community. U.S. intelligence in an age of uncertainty / Paula L. Scalingi
Glasnost for the CIA / Dave McCurdy
Preparing for the twenty-first century / Commission on the roles and capabilities of the U.S. intelligence community
Interest groups, the media, and public opinion. The business of defense / Gordon Adams
Soldiers and scribblers : a common mission / Richard C. Halloran
Presidents, polls, and the use of force / Catherine McArdle Kelleher. pt. III. The formulation of American defense policy. Introduction / Brenda J. Vallance
The interagency process / John G. Tower [and others]
The Iran-Contra affair / John G. Tower [and others]
The defense acquisition process. Keeping the edge / Charles R. Nelson
Wild blue yonder / Nick Kotz
The defense budgeting process. The ABC's of the PPBS / Air Command and Staff College Faculty
The politics of base closures / Genevieve Anton and Jeff Thomas
Factors affecting defense policy making. Crisis, stress, and decision making / Ole R. Holsti
the groupthink syndrome / Irving L. Janis
Hypotheses on misconception / Robert Jervis
pt. IV. American defense policies. Introduction / Peter L. Hays. Strategy. . Advancing our interests through engagement and enlargement / William J. Clinton
The national military strategy of the United States of America / John M. Shalikashvili
Nuclear policy. The impact of nuclear weapons on history / James Schlesinger
On dealing with the prospect of nuclear chaos / Roger C. Molander and Peter A. Wilson
Extended conventional deterrence / Charles T. Allan
Conventional policy. Global reach
global power / Donald B. Rice
Global presence / Sheila E. Widnall and Ronald B. Fogleman
The mystique of U.S. airpower Eliot A. Cohen
Forward ... from the sea / John H. Dalton [and others]
The end of naval strategy / Jan S. Breemer
Joint and combined operations in the post-Cold war era / Ike Skelton
SOLIC and the operations other than war. U.S. special operations forces : a strategic perspective / Carl W. Steiner
New contingencies, old roles / Samuel P. Huntington
Domestic missions for the armed forces / Sam Nunn
Peacekeeping : the deepening debate / William H. Lewis
Peace operations : a department of defense perspective / Sarah B. Sewall
Arms control and proliferation. Introduction to the arms control / Gregory J. Rattray
The objectives of arms control / Kerry M. Kartchner
Existing arms control treaties / Jeffrey A. Larson and Gregory J. Rattray
Missed opportunities : Washington politics and nuclear proliferation / Heather Wilson
Facing the emerging reality of regional nuclear adversaries / Marc Dean Millot
Civil-military relations. The political dimemilitary minitary professionalism, / John H. Garrison
The origins of the American military coup of 2012 / Charles J. Dunlap, Jr
Civil-military relations in the United States / Douglas V. Johnson and Steven Metz. pt. V. The future of American defense policy. Introduction / Brenda J. Vallance
Emerging threats and regional challenges. Integrated approachesapproches / William J. Clinton
Asia Pacific / Ronald N. Montaperto
Europe / James W. Morrison [and others]
Russia and neighbors / James H. Brusstar
Greater Middle East / Jed Snyder [and others]
The changing nature of warfare. The military technical revolution / Michael J. Mazarr. with Jeffrey Shaffer and Benjamin Ederington
Cyberwar is coming! / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
The coming military revolution / James R. Fitzsimond
Some final thoughts. The future of American defense policy / Peter L. Hays [and others]