U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy

摘要

In this book, 14 RAND analysts with broad experience in strategic and Army planning have undertaken to answer the following questions: 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; and Is the Army's far-reaching program for change, known as the Army Transformation, on the right track. The authors contribute 13 chapters that examine the Army's role in the offensive war on terrorism; the Army's homeland security needs; the implications for the Army of the increased emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region; the Army's role in coalition operations; the unfinished business of jointness and lessons to be learned from recent Army operations; the Army's deployment, logistical, and personnel challenges; and whether the Army can afford the Transformation as currently envisaged. Chapters are as follows: 'The New National Security Strategy,' by Jeremy Shapiro and Lynn E. Davis; 'The U.S. Army and the Offensive War on Terrorism,' by Bruce R. Nardulli; 'Defining the Army's Homeland Security Needs,' by Lynn E. Davis; 'The Shift to Asia: Implications for U.S. Land Power,' by Roger Cliff and Jeremy Shapiro; 'Preparing for Coalition Operations,' by Nora Bensahel; 'Transformation and the Unfinished Business of Jointness: Lessons for the Army from the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, and Afghanistan,' by Bernard Rostker; 'Preparing the Army for Joint Operations,' by Bruce Pirnie; 'Moving Rapidly to the Fight,' by John Gordon and David Orletsky; 'Taking Care of People: The Future of Army Personnel,' by Susan Hosek; 'Making the Power Projection Army a Reality,' by Eric Peltz and John Halliday; 'Resourcing the Twenty-First Century Army,' by David Kassing; and 'Refining Army Transformation,' by Thomas L. McNaugher. (28 figures, 14 tables, chapter refs.).