Orchestrating the instruments of power : a critical examination of the U.S. national security system / D. Robert Worley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worley, D. Robert (Duane Robert), 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

United States.

Strategic planning--United States.

Strategic planning.

Strategic forces--United States.

Strategic forces.

United States--Defenses.

Defenses.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

United States--Strategic aspects.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 417 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln [Nebraska] : Potomac Books, [2015]

Summary:

"National security, a topic routinely discussed behind closed doors by Washington's political scientists and policy makers, is believed to be an insider's game. All too often this highly specialized knowledge is assumed to place issues beyond the grasp--and interest--of the American public. Author D. Robert Worley disagrees. The U.S. national security system, designed after World War II and institutionalized through a decades-long power conflict with the Soviet Union, is inadequate for the needs of the twenty-first century, and while a general consensus has emerged that the system must be transformed, a clear and direct route for a new national security strategy proves elusive. Furnishing the tools to assist in future national security reforms, Orchestrating the Instruments of Power articulates and synthesizes the concepts of America's economic, political, and military instruments of power"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Foundational Concepts and Principles

1. A Primer on Security Concepts

2. War and American Democracy

3. War Powers

Part 2. National Security Strategies

4. Grand Strategy

5. Cold War Strategies

6. Post-Cold War Strategies

Part 3. National Security Apparatus

7. Instruments of Power

8. Mechanisms of Power

9. National Security Council

Part 4. National Security Reform

10. Major Reform Proposals

11. Strategy First.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612347202

1612347207

OCLC:

900445796