On Being A Superpower And Not Knowing What To Do About It

Explores hypothetical situations in the realm of international security and predicts the probable U.S. response to them based on current politics and social norms.

An aeronautical engineer by training, Seymour J. Deitchman was responsible at the Defense Department for research and development support of U. S. efforts in Southeast Asia in the 1960s. He was vice president for programs at the Institute for Defense Analysis until 1988. Currently he is a member of the Naval Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. He is author of more than fifty open publications on national security. His prior books include Beyond the Thaw and Military Power and the Advance of Technology. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.