National Security Challenges for the 21st Century

National Security Challenges for the 21st Century

Williamson Murray

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Press Holdings International
Año de edición:
2004
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Relaciones internacionales
ISBN:
9781410218926
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CONTENTS: ForewordTransformation and Professional Military Education: Past as Prologue to the FutureBalancing Tyche: Nonlinearity and Joint OperationsThe Best Offense Is a Good Defense: Preemption, Its Ramifications for the Department of DefenseU.S. Army Europe 2010: Harnessing the Potential of NATO EnlargementCreating Strategic Agility in Northeast AsiaThe War in Afghanistan: A Strategic AnalysisAdaptability: A New Principle of WarDirect and Indirect Fires in the 21st CenturyMaritime Prepositioning: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowHomeland Security: The Department of Defense, The Department of Homeland Security, and Critical VulnerabilitiesIntegrated Emergency Management: The Roles of Federal, State, and Local Government with Implications for Homeland SecurityIs There Space for the Objective Force?Expanding Nuclear Arms Control: DoD Imperatives in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001About the Authors

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