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1 online resource (254 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Geopolitics in the 21st century
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Geopolitics in the 21st century (Brookings Institution)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-242) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: historical, strategic, and technological context -- Conflicts real, latent, and imaginable -- Scenarios with Russia or China -- Scenarios in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas -- Toward an army of the future for the United States -- The case for a million-soldier U.S. Army. |
| Summary |
What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense?In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. Drones, cyber weapons, special forces, and space weapons are in. Accordingly, Pentagon budget cuts have honed in on the army and ground forces: this, after the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, seems like an appealing idea. No one really wants American boots on the ground in bloody conflicts abroad. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars. A survey of the world's trouble spots suggests that land war. |
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Planning.
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United States. Army. |
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Planning. |
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Military planning -- United States.
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Military planning. |
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United States. |
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Military art and science -- Forecasting.
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Military art and science -- Forecasting. |
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War -- Forecasting.
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War -- Forecasting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Hanlon, Michael E. Future of land warfare. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2015 9780815726890 (DLC) 2015019150 (OCoLC)908375026 |
| ISBN |
9780815726890 (electronic book) |
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0815726899 (electronic book) |
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9780815726913 (electronic book) |
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0815726910 (electronic book) |
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9780815726906 (electronic book) |
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0815726902 (electronic book) |
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9780815727422 |
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0815727429 |
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