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The Future of NATO: Facing an Unreliable Enemy in an Uncertain Environment

The Future of NATO: Facing an Unreliable Enemy in an Uncertain Environment
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  • ISBN-13: 9780275938024
  • ISBN: 0275938026
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Publisher: Praeger

AUTHOR

William J. Ervin, Keith W. Dayton, M. Berry Keck, Philip C. Marcum, S. Nelson Drew

SUMMARY

How should NATO's military strategy and force posture in Western Europe be handled given today's changing relations between East and West? Five relatively senior U.S. military officers spent a year exploring this issue as National Security Fellows at the Kennedy School of Harvard University. The Future of NATO serves as a reference based upon their analyses of the changes in the Soviet security posture and the political response of Western Europe to the collapse of the Warsaw pact. It is an analytical tool that deals with the requirements that any new NATO strategy will have to meet to be relevant. It is a catalyst for discussion based on the proposal to replace "forward defense" strategy with "resilient defense." "Resilient defense" articulates one way in which the United States and NATO can accommodate the pressures for reduced defense spending in the face of a reduced military threat. "Resilient defense" is evolutionary rather than revolutionary in nature. It takes advantage of increased warning time to permit a strategy that draws heavily on existing mobilization capabilities. The strategy assumes cuts in active forces, yet it is designed to maintain a conventional defense capability across even deeper cuts by making more efficient use of lower levels of forces. This volume deals with more than just the political elements of the NATO alliance or details of military strategies. It also studies the interrelationship among political, economic, and military requirements underpinning Alliance security. Those concerned with military strategy and international security affairs will find this work timely and relevant.William J. Ervin is the author of 'The Future of NATO: Facing an Unreliable Enemy in an Uncertain Environment', published 1991 under ISBN 9780275938024 and ISBN 0275938026.

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