Research Brief
The Army and the New National Security Strategy
Jan 1, 2003
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How is the U.S. Army changing to fulfill its role in light of the new national security strategy? How must it change further to better accomplish its manifold and varied missions? How did the attacks of September 11, 2001, alter or accelerate the need for change? Is the Army's far-reaching program for change known as the Army Transformation on the right track? Fourteen RAND analysts with broad experience in strategic and Army planning have undertaken to answer these questions. In this book, the authors use nine chapters to examine the Army's role in the offensive war on terrorism; the Army's homeland security needs; the implications for the Army of the increase in emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region; the Army's role in coalition operations; the unfinished business of jointness; the lessons to be learned from recent Army operations and how the Army can better prepare for the future; the Army's deployability, logistical, and personnel challenges; and whether the Army can afford the Transformation as currently envisaged. These chapters are bracketed by a concise introduction, a description of the new national security strategy and the Army's place in it, and a succinct summary of the authors' conclusions. This book is nothing less than a call for the Army to change and a prescription for what needs to be done.
Preface
All Prefatory Materials
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
The New National Security Strategy
Chapter Three
The U.S. Army and the Offensive War on Terrorism
Chapter Four
Defining the Army's Homeland Security Needs
Chapter Five
The Shift to Asia: Implications for U.S. Land Power
Chapter Six
Preparing for Coalition Operations
Chapter Seven
Transformation and the Unfinished Business of Jointness: Lessons for the Army from the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, and Afghanistan
Chapter Eight
Preparing the Army for Joint Operations
Chapter Nine
Moving Rapidly to the Fight
Chapter Ten
Taking Care of People: The Future of Army Personnel
Chapter Eleven
Making the Power Projection Army a Reality
Chapter Twelve
Resourcing the Twenty-First Century Army
Chapter Thirteen
Refining Army Transformation
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