Making Strategy : An Introduction to National Security Processes and Problems

, by Drew, Dennis M.; Snow, Donald M.

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ISBN: 9780898758870 | 0898758874
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Copyright: 4/1/2002

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Disclaimer

Foreword

About the Authors

Preface

xiii

Introduction

SECTION I FRAMING THE PROBLEM

Strategy in Perspective

(12)

Warfare in the Eighteenth Century

(3)

Foundations of Modern Warfare

(3)

Contrasts in the Nuclear Age

(5)

The Strategy Process

(14)

Determining National Security Objectives

(2)

Formulating Grand Strategy

(2)

Developing Military Strategy

(1)

Designing Operational Strategy

(1)

Formulating Battlefield Strategy (Tactics)

(1)

Influences on the Strategy Process

(2)

Continuing the Investigation

(4)

SECTION II THE POLITICAL DIMENSION

Grand National Strategy

(18)

Vital National Interests

(9)

Instruments of National Power

(7)

Summary and Conclusion

(2)

Political Environment of Grand Strategy

(18)

Influences on Grand Strategy

(16)

Fundamental Nature

(1)

External Objectives

(1)

Negative Objectives

(2)

Conservative Bias

(1)

Technological Nature

(3)

Economic Constraints

(2)

Strategic Culture

(5)

Conclusion

(1)

Grand Strategy Actors and Institutions

(18)

Executive Branch

(8)

Legislative Branch

(1)

Other Actors

(4)

Conclusion

(3)

SECTION III THE MILITARY DIMENSION

Military Strategy

(12)

Force Employment Strategy

(4)

Where Would Forces Be Employed?

(2)

Against Whom Would Forces Be Employed?

(2)

Force Development Strategy

(2)

Force Deployment Strategy

(2)

Coordination of Military Strategy

(4)

Operational Strategy

(16)

Orchestrating Campaigns

(8)

Combined Campaigns

(2)

Joint Campaigns

(4)

Component Campaigns

101

(1)

Essence of Operational Strategy: Orchestrating Theater Campaigns

102

(7)

Insurgent Warfare Strategy

109

(12)

Nature of Insurgent Warfare

110

(6)

Fundamental Differences

116

(2)

Counterinsurgency Concepts

118

(3)

Nuclear Strategy

121

(28)

Dynamics of Nuclear Evolution

123

(5)

Atomic Bomb

124

(1)

Hydrogen Bomb

125

(1)

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

126

(1)

Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle

127

(1)

Basic Concepts and Relationships

128

(10)

Definition

128

(3)

Relationships between Concepts

131

(5)

Nuclear Stability

136

(2)

Strategy Debate

138

(7)

Conclusion

145

(4)

SECTION IV INFLUENCES ON THE PROCESS

Fog, Friction, Chance, Money, Politics, and Gadgets

149

(14)

Clausewitzian Trio

149

(4)

Fog of War

150

(1)

Friction in War

150

(1)

Chance in War

151

(2)

Strategy and the Clausewitzian Trio

153

(1)

Economic Influences on Strategy

154

(2)

Political Influences on Strategy

156

(2)

Impact of Technology on Strategy

158

(5)

Military Doctrine

163

(14)

What Is Doctrine?

163

(4)

Sources

164

(1)

Development Problems

165

(2)

Types of Doctrine

167

(4)

Fundamental

168

(1)

Environmental

169

(1)

Organizational

169

(1)

Interrelationships

170

(1)

Relationship of Doctrine and Strategy

171

(6)

SECTION V CONTINUING DILEMMAS

Conventional War Dilemmas

177

(8)

How Much Effort?

177

(2)

Getting There versus Being There

179

(2)

Quality versus Quantity

181

(2)

Expansion and Escalation

183

(2)

Insurgent Warfare Dilemmas

185

(10)

How Much Effort?

185

(2)

Deterring and Assisting

187

(2)

Role of an Intervenor

189

(1)

Waging a Counterinsurgent War

190

(5)

Nuclear Issues

195

(10)

Perspective on Nuclear Issues

195

(4)

Current Issues

199

(6)

Offensive Force Modernization

197

(4)

Strategic Defense

201

(2)

Arms Control and Arms Reduction

203

(2)

Interests, Risk, and Strategy

205

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