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The impact of missile threats on the reliability of U.S. overseas bases : a framework for analysis / Joel Wuthnow.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Wuthnow, Joel
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military bases, American--Security measures--Foreign countries.
- Military bases, American.
- United States--Armed Forces--Foreign countries.
- United States.
- Deterrence (Strategy).
- Armed Forces.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 68 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- Although the United States will continue to utilize overseas military bases in the next decade, the acquisition and improvement of long-range missiles by several potential aggressors will pose new operational and strategic problems for U.S. forces. Several states will likely attain a credible capability to threaten U.S. bases within their respective regions, despite the sophistication of U.S. missile defenses. Strategically, there are uncertainties about whether the United States can deter some of these new missile-capable actors. Deterrence problems will create new risks to U.S. deployed forces: if deterrence fails, U.S. troops will be at a higher level of exposure. Alternately, missiles will grant states some leverage to dissaude the United States from actually using overseas forces, as well as a means to coerce host states into denying access to the United States. Though several factors will mitigate these concerns, the question remains: How reliable will alliance-derived "tripwires" and other deployments be in the overall U.S. strategy of engagement? Alterations in force structure, tailored to these threats, will likely be needed
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on May 16, 2005).
- "January 2005."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-68).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Wuthnow, Joel. Impact of missile threats on the reliability of U.S. overseas bases
- OCLC:
- 60380813
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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