America's New National Security Strategy
Abstract
Precis 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. Discussion of parallel .NATO.
initiatives, major issues resulting from this new proposed strategy and force structure, including: is the new strategy real, defining new goals and objectives in both programming and war planning, the effect of Operations DESERT SHIELD and
DESERT STORM, new requirements for intelligence, requirements for decision-making, setting technological requirements, research and development, investment strategy, impact upon DoD organization, and a transition period. Impact upon Naval Submarine Community, force structure and missions. Concludes that there are four major critical factors upon which the new
strategy depends; (1) the behavior of the USSR (2) the behavior of allies and the Congress (3) the ability of the intelligence community to meet new challenges, and (4), the ability of industry to met new demands.
Description
The research reported here was 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 DNAJNASF, Alexandria, VA.
Additional Funding/Sponsor: 90-581.
Defense Nuclear Agency, HQ/DNA/NASF, 7801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria. VA 22301, MIPR 90-581.
Additional Sponsors: Competitive Strategies Office and Strategic Planning Branch within OSD and Defense Policy
Office, National Security Council Staff. This is an precis of original report, America Promises to Come Back: A National
Strategy.
Rights
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.NPS Report Number
NPS-NS-91-005Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
America Promises to Come Back: A New National Strategy
Tritten, James John (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991-05-13); NPS-NS-91-003AProvides 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" ... -
America Promises to Come Back: A New National Strategy
Tritten, James John (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991-08-05); NPS-NS-91-003BAn 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. ... -
Maritime Strategy and Naval Innovation (Continuation)
Russell, James A.; Wirtz, Jim (Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate SchoolMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2019-12); NPS-19-N001-AThis project is a continuation of ongoing support by NPS to the work of N50 to further refining and improving the Navy's strategy development and implementation processes. This will be the fourth year of support to the ...