America Promises to Come Back: Our New National Security Strategy (Final Version)
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Authors
Tritten, James John
Subjects
Intelligence, National Security Strategy, Aspen Strategy, Based Force, Reconsitution Defense Policy, Reconsitution Strategy, Military Strategy
Advisors
Date of Issue
1991-10-23
Date
10/23/1991
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
An analysis of President Bush's new national security strategy first unveiled in Aspen, Colorado on August 2, 1990, involving a mix of active, reserve, and reconstitutable forces, and General Colin Powell's Base Force. If implemented, the new strategy and force structure would return significant U.S. ground and air forces to the continental U.S. where most would be demobilized. In the event of a major crisis, the U.S. would rely on active and reserve forces for a contingency response, much as was done for Operation DESERT SHIELD. The new national security strategy is based upon the 25% budget cut negotiated with Congress, and a revised Soviet threat and new international security environment which assumes two-years warning of a European-centered global war with the USSR. During this period, the U.S. and NATO would reconstitute additional military capability. Outline of the sources of new strategy and force structure, the Base Force, transportation requirements, and whether or not the U.S. will retain a unilateral capability for overseas intervention. The new strategy is not simply an adjustment to existing defense doctrine or strategy but rather a fundamental revision to the way the U.S. has approached defense since 1945
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-NS-91-003C
Sponsors
Supported by the Director, Net Assessment and Competitive Strategies Office and Strategic Planning Branch, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC; the Defense Policy Office, National Security Council Staff, Washington, DC; and the Defense Nuclear Agency HQ DNA/NASF, Alexandria, VA.
Funder
MTPR DDWAM00035, 90005, 900038
Format
iv, 163 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.