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The Challenge of Strategic Overstretch
Praeger Publishers
May 2007
On Sale: April 30, 2007
488 pages ISBN: 0275992578 EAN: 9780275992576 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
From grassroots terrorism to the nuclear ambitions of
hostile nations, the United States faces increasingly
complex threats to its national security, and combating
these threats continues to demand a reshaping of the
nation's security structure, military forces and defense
expenditures. In this study, Anthony Cordesman offers a
detailed analysis of critical challenges affecting U.S.
national security and how failures in adapting to these
challenges have exacerbated the strains on available
resources. He systematically identifies the most glaring
obstacles to successful national security planning and
proposes constructive and practical ways to proceed in the
future. Cordesman focuses on ten specific challenges, and
each is addressed within the context of the Iraq War, Afghan
War, War on Terrorism, and the risk of conflict over the
Taiwan Straits. Out of the lessons drawn from these
experiences, he examines the future of international
coalitions, asymmetric warfare, nation building, and
stability operations, and concludes that perhaps the most
pressing area for change is the need for accountability
among civilian and military policymakers.
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