U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 /

U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 / / Stacie L. Pettyjohn.

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This monograph describes the evolution of the U.S. global defense posture from 1783 to the present as the nation grew from a relatively weak and insular regional power into the preeminent global power. As new and unpredictable threats emerge, alliance relationships are revised, and resources decline...

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Pettyjohn, Stacie L.
Place / Publishing House:Santa Monica, CA : : RAND Corporation,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Gale eBooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 124 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Notes:
  • "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
  • "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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