Forging an American grand strategy: securing a path through a complex future ; lected presentations from a symposium at the National Defense University, [2011, Washington, DC]

On November 8-9, 2011, the National Defense University (NDU) held a conference entitled "Forging an American Grand Strategy: Securing a Path Through a Complex Future." The discussion that began at that conference needs to be further developed and continued. More importantly, we, as a natio...

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Language:English
Published: Carlisle, PA United States Army War College 2013
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Summary:On November 8-9, 2011, the National Defense University (NDU) held a conference entitled "Forging an American Grand Strategy: Securing a Path Through a Complex Future." The discussion that began at that conference needs to be further developed and continued. More importantly, we, as a nation, need to explore together the path ahead as well as questions that have yet to be answered regarding how and why we, as a nation, struggle with grand strategies. If developed and executed with a systemic orientation, grand strategies could help us shape our future in an ever changing and complex world. This volume represents a compilation of some of the presentations given at the NDU conference. They represent the great diversity of opinions regarding this subject
Item Description:"October 2013."
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1. Introduction / Sheila R. Ronis -- 2. Grand strategy / Leon S. Fuerth -- 3. Educating strategists : some discomforting contradictions / Cynthia A. Watson -- 4. Eight myths about American grand strategy / Peter D. Feaver -- 5. Department of Homeland Security : approach to strategy / Allen S. Miller -- 6. Forging grand strategy : the President's role / David M. Abshire -- 7. Grand strategy and human thinking / Evan M.H. Faber -- 8. Designing the U.S. President's ability to make strategy / Robert B. Polk -- 9. The need for grand strategy development : lessons from the Project on National Security Reform and Singapore / Sheila R. Ronis -- 10. Postscript / Sheila R. Ronis
Physical Description:VII, 132 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781584875956

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