Strategic Appraisal 1996

Edited by Zalmay Khalilzad

Contributors: Ronald D. Asmus, Fritz Walter Ermarth, F. Stephen Larrabee, Norman D. Levin, Abram N. Shulsky, Michael D. Swaine, Graham Fuller, Paul B. Henze, Kevin M. O'Connell, Ashley J. Tellis, et al.

ResearchPublished 1996

Today, the United States possesses military predominance, and American political and economic ideas have broad global appeal. Almost all of the economically capable nations are our allies. Yet the end of the Cold War has also brought an increase in disorder as a result of the rise in ethnic nationalism and the fragmentation of several states. And these are not the only complications in the current strategic situation. The old U.S. grand strategy — its stand against the Soviet Union — has become moot, and a new one must be devised in the face of a changing world. This book discusses this need and examines three possible strategies. It goes on to discuss the complexities of current geopolitical trends and describes the demands these situations might place on the U.S. military and, in particular, the Air Force.

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