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Accession Number:

AD1085144

Title:

Smarter Power, Stronger Partners, Volume II: Trends in Force Projections Against Potential Adversaries

Author(s):

• Long, Duncan
• Kelly, Terrence K.
• Gompert, David C.
• Boston, Scott
• Chase, Michael S.
• Engstrom, Jeffrey

Author Organization(s):

• RAND Corporation

Report Date:

2017-01-01

Abstract:

Until recently, it seemed that no enemy of the United States was capable of successfully opposing U.S. military forces. If the U.S. military could liberate Kuwait, oust hostile dictators (in Panama, Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya), and deliver decisive blows to al Qaeda, all while providing humanitarian assistance to victims of tsunamis, earthquakes, and other disasters, surely it could do whatever was asked of it. The combination of high-quality personnel, operational experience, technological superiority, ingenuity, versatility, and sheer scale lent confidence to the assumption that U.S. forces could meet any challenge anywhere.

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Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

319

File Size:

2.65MB

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SubjectCategory:

• Military Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• Space

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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