Mobilization : an instrument of United States strategic policy.
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Authors
Hancock, William Allen
Subjects
mobilization
strategic options
mobilization base
strategic resources
deterrence
industrial base
war fighting potential
strategic options
mobilization base
strategic resources
deterrence
industrial base
war fighting potential
Advisors
Teti, F.
Date of Issue
1984
Date
March 1984
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Mobilization represents an instrument of significant
importance in U.S. strategic policy. Inherent in the mobilization
process and a viable, secure mobilization base is
the capacity for maximizing potential national strength to
achieve essential national security goals. The relative decline
of U.S. international influence, the current condition
of superpower nuclear parity and U.S. conventional inferiority
to the Soviet Union, and the increasing potential for
the occurrence of protracted warfare at various levels of
conflict have increased the importance of maintaining a
credible mobilization capability. The current U.S. deterrent
posture and warfighting capability and the viability of
its mobilization base are weakened, however, by U.S. vulnerability
to disruptions of supplies of strategic and
critical minerals from foreign sources, the degraded condition
of the American defense industrial base, and the lack
of both an effective, centralized national mobilization authority
and a comprehensive, integrated mobilization plan.
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.