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"Defense strategy for the post-Saddam era" by Michael E. O'Hanlon

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"Defense strategy for the post-Saddam era" by  Michael E. O'Hanlon

"Defense strategy for the post-Saddam era" by Michael E. O'Hanlon
Brookings Institution Press | 2005 | ISBN: 0815764677 | 160 pages | PDF/epub | 1 MB

What kind of military will the nation need in the future? –and at what cost? The author argues that America's large defense budget cannot realistically be pared in the years ahead. But given the extreme demands of the Iraq mission, particularly on the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, he suggests how reductions in various weapons modernization programs and other economies might free up enough funds to add at least 40,000 more ground troops to today's military. He also reviews the military lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration's new overseas basing plan, and the arguments for and against a draft.





O'Hanlon also addresses the important question of how the United States might encourage and help other countries to share more of the global military burden in areas such as Africa. Finally, he sketches several possible new conflict scenarios that could occupy the American military—-or at least its force planners—-in the years and decades ahead.

Contents
Foreword
CHAPTER ONE Introduction
CHAPTER TWO Setting the Context: The Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and Their Lessons
CHAPTER THREE The Need to Increase the Size of U.S. Ground Forces
CHAPTER FOUR The Draft, the Overseas Base Structure, and the Allies
CHAPTER FIVE Modernizing Weaponry
CHAPTER SIX Beyond Iraq and North Korea
Notes
Index

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