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  • The Limits of Offshore Balancing
    Hal Brands / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    The United States is likely to face crucial grand strategic decisions in the coming years. This being the case, it is essential to have a rigorous, well-informed debate not simply about the nation’s current grand strategy and policies, but about the most salient grand strategic options and alternatives open to the United States as well. In this monograph, Professor Hal Brands c...
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    20,01 €

  • The Effective Use of Reserve Personnel In The U.S. Military
    Shima D. Keene / Shima DKeene / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    The U.S. Army and the British Army are undergoingsimilar processes of rebalancing between regularand reserve personnel. The British armed forces arecurrently at a more advanced stage of this change thanthe United States, and consequently there are usefullessons to be drawn from their experience to date. Thisis particularly the case in a time of growing defenseausterity; in addi...
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    17,75 €

  • Do Fewer Resources Mean Less Influence? A Comparative Historical Case Study of Military Influence in A Time of Austerity
    Mary Manjikian / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    In the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, militaryplanners speak at great length about the importance ofrebalancing our armed forces. As a result of the BudgetControl Act of 2011, our U.S. Armed Forces haveabsorbed significant budget cuts, which are projectedto continue into 2016. Not surprisingly, a major themeof the Quadrennial Defense Review is the necessity ofmaking tough cho...
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    19,96 €

  • Stepping Up
    Joel R. Hillison / Joel RHillison / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Burden sharing is back. Indeed many observers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance would claim that it never went away. This is because, from its inception in 1949, NATO has never been an alliance of equals. The United States has always made the overwhelmingly larger contribution, not only for the defense of Europe under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, but al...
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    33,61 €

  • Creating an Effective Regional Alignment Strategy for The U.S. Army
    David S. Lyle / David SLyle / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    This monograph focuses upon 'regional alignment,' viewed by many as critical if the Army is to remain both relevant and effective in the 21st century security environment. Despite its title, the monograph is part of the Strategic Studies Institute’s ongoing 'talent management' series. In fact, the authors argue that world class talent management is a necessary pre-condition to ...
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    17,35 €

  • Russia and The Caspian Sea
    Strategic Studies Institute / Tracey German / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    In November 2012, Russia’s Caspian Flotilla celebrated its 290th anniversary. Established by Peter the Great in 1722, the Flotilla was a key component of the Russian Empire’s expansion into the Caspian region, and nearly 300 years later, it remains a vital element of continued Russian influence in its 'south.' The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) describes the Caspian Flotilla...
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    20,08 €

  • USAWC- Key Strategic Issues List 2014-2015
    Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Today we continue to face an uncertain, complicated and rapidly changing international security environment. At the same time, the Army has been asked to rapidly draw down force levels, in light of domestic fiscal challenges. In the face of continuing international tensions and budget austerity, the Army’s greatest challenge is to provide steadfast support to worldwide operatio...
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    23,32 €

  • A History of the U.S. Army Officer Corps, 1900-1990
    Arthur T. Coumbe / Strategic Studies Institute / U. S. Army War College Press
    The Army's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis published a series of monographs during 2009 and 2010 intended to provide a theoretical and conceptual framework for an Army Officer Corps Strategy. The present volume supplements that effort, providing an overview of some key developments and assumptions that have guided and shaped the officer corps and the way it has been ma...
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    25,51 €

  • Defense Planning for National Security
    Colin S. Gray / Strategic Studies Institute / U. S. Army War College Press
    The challenge that is defense planning includes: 'educated futurology' and the humanities as methodological approaches; futurists and scenarios, trend spotting and defense analysis; the impossibility of science in studying the future; the impossibility of verification by empirical testing of hypotheses; the value of the humanities which are politics, strategy, and history for d...
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    12,52 €

  • The Afghanistan Question and the Reset in U.S. Iranian Relations (Letort Paper)
    Richard J. Krickus / Richard JKrickus / U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute / U.SArmy Strategic Studies Institute
    The ability of the United States and Russia to cooperate in Afghanistan represents a solid test of their reset in relations. The author provides the historical background to the Afghanistan Question and assesses current events in the Afghan war with three objectives in mind: 1) To determine whether Russian-American cooperation in Afghanistan has been successful; 2) To identify ...
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    18,77 €

  • Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples’ Wars
    Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army / Strategic Studies Institute USArmy
    The importance of China stems not only from its current international role and its influence on the Asia-Pacific region in particular, but also because China’s impact on global developments will likely continue to grow. One of our enduring imperatives is to accurately survey China’s experiences as a means to grasp its existing perceptions, motivations, and ambitions. More than ...
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    21,92 €

  • Natural Gas as an Instrument of Russian State Power (Letort Paper)
    Alexander Ghaleb / Strategic Studies Institute U.S. Army / Strategic Studies Institute U.SArmy
    This monograph is meant to provide an unbiased examination of: the scarcity of natural gas in the contemporary security environment; the salience of natural gas in Russia’s national security strategies; and, the natural gas pipeline politics in Eastern and Central Europe. While the tendency of most energy security scholars has been to collectively analyze Europe’s dependency on...
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    18,82 €

  • Russian Nuclear Weaposn
    Strategic Studies Institute U.S. Army / Strategic Studies Institute U.SArmy
    This book presents several essays analyzing Russia’s extensive nuclear agenda and the issues connected with it. It deals with strategy, doctrine, European, Eurasian, and East Asian security agendas, as well as the central U.S.-Russia nuclear and arms control equations. This work brings together American, European, and Russian analysts to discuss Russia’s defense and conventiona...
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    26,26 €