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China’S Military Faces The Future,, Jianxiang Bi
China’S Military Faces The Future,, Jianxiang Bi
Naval War College Review
This collection of high-quality essays by some of the leading experts on the Chinese military is the product of the 1997 Seventh Annual Conference on the People’s Liber- ation Army (PLA), sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute. The au- thors, although inspired by different secu- rity and threat perceptions, present sober, straightforward, and reasonable assess- ments of PLA efforts to modernise itself in the 1990s and of its prospects for the im- mediate future. Evidence drawn from the essays shows that the PLA is increasingly modern, confident, and assertive but that it has not yet developed sophisticated the- ories and …
Fire In The East: The Rise Of Asian Military Power Andthe Second Nuclear Age,, Philip L. Ritcheson
Fire In The East: The Rise Of Asian Military Power Andthe Second Nuclear Age,, Philip L. Ritcheson
Naval War College Review
The incorporation of Asia into the West- ern-dominated international system is critical for the United States. At present, the United States is reacting to events in Asia instead of shaping them. This is the fundamental message of Fire in the East, an important book by Paul Bracken of Yale University. Asia, extending from Israel to North Ko- rea, has become increasingly visible since the end of the (primarily Eurocentric) Cold War. Discussions of Asian strength, however, have been flawed. Japan has struggled economically for ten years, and it still lacks political and military power. The intent of Chinese modernization and …
The Second Nuclear Age,, George H. Quester
The Second Nuclear Age,, George H. Quester
Naval War College Review
Readers of Colin Gray’s earlier works will not be disappointed by this new book, nor will his critics be surprised by his conclusions. Gray argues that the end of the Cold War does not mean that nuclear weapons can be eliminated or forgotten. This book is indeed valuable for noting, and taking to task, the wide variety of academic trends and fashions that have drawn such opti- mistic conclusions since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union.
The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint For Deep Cuts Anddealerting Of Nuclear Weapons,, Hank Chiles
The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint For Deep Cuts Anddealerting Of Nuclear Weapons,, Hank Chiles
Naval War College Review
Ah, ecstasy! A benign world for the next two decades. Power politics disappear. America leads the drawdown, with Russia following to achieve parity with China, Britain, and France at about two hundred nuclear weapons. Worldwide nuclear verification becomes practically perfect. Permanent members of the UN Security Council agreeably limit their vetoes. It is all here in this book, the product of the “Deep Cuts Study Group.”
The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces After The Cold War,, Erik Dahl
The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces After The Cold War,, Erik Dahl
Naval War College Review
Ask a soldier or military analyst to describe the “postmodern military,” and you are likely to get an answer that includes high technology, precision weapons, information operations, and possibly (especially if he or she is associated with the Navy) network-centric warfare. Much of the recent literature on military affairs concentrates on these technology issues, and an observer might be forgiven for believing that such operational and technical differ- ences are what separate twenty-first-century military forces from their predecessors.
Technological Change And The Future Of Warfare,, James R. Fitzsimonds
Technological Change And The Future Of Warfare,, James R. Fitzsimonds
Naval War College Review
Over the past several years, the U.S. mil- itary has officially embraced the idea that rapidly evolving technologies soon will lead to a profound change in the conduct of warfare. The need to inno- vate in response to a prospective revolu- tion in military affairs is the central theme of Joint Vision 2010 and similar force-planning documents. Some stud- ies, such as the congressionally man- dated National Defense Panel, have concluded that only immediate and radical transformation to new systems, new operational concepts, and new or- ganizations will enable the U.S. military to retain its battlefield dominance.
A New Structure For National Security Policy Planning,, Charles Neimeyer
A New Structure For National Security Policy Planning,, Charles Neimeyer
Naval War College Review
Stephen Cambone is the director of research at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. A former senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Cambone is obviously well qualified to undertake work that focuses on a pro- posed reorganization of the National Se- curity Council (NSC). Cambone approaches his work with vigor and an insider’s knowledge of the workings of the U.S. government’s highest national- security entity. He also extensively uses the knowledge and expertise of two col- leagues, Patrick J. Garrity of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Alistair J. K. Shepard …
Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College
Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College
Naval War College Review
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Set And Drift: Leadership And Strategy, Carnes Lord
Set And Drift: Leadership And Strategy, Carnes Lord
Naval War College Review
Winston Churchill once said that most strategic failures in war are due to the “total absence of one directing mind and commanding willpower.” During World War II, Churchill was determined to be that one directing mind, taking for himself a new cabinet portfolio for defense as well as the office of prime min- ister. Difficult as it may be to resist the ideas of one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, there are many today who will be skeptical of such a claim.
Set And Drift: Naval Force In The New Century, Joseph A. Gattuso Jr., Lori Tanner
Set And Drift: Naval Force In The New Century, Joseph A. Gattuso Jr., Lori Tanner
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It is 1890.1 The United States is flexing its broad, young shoulders, strengthened by an infusion of new immigrants, new technologies, and by American political leadership that represents the growing nation’s outward-looking perspective. The United States desires to play on the world stage along with the great imperial nations. However, naval leadership has a different viewpoint. It is content with its small, coastal, commerce-raiding, Jeffersonian fleet. Then along comes a reticent, unlikable naval captain of middling reputation who captures the nation’s imagination with his plan for a navy that will do battle at sea upon the great world stage.
Transformation And The Navy’S Tough Choices Ahead, Ronald O'Rourke
Transformation And The Navy’S Tough Choices Ahead, Ronald O'Rourke
Naval War College Review
Analyses have pointed to a “coming train wreck” between defense program goals and available re- sources; the fact is that the collision is already upon us. Fundamental transformation, its advocates argue, is a response that would produce, for a given amount of resources, a force more effective against future threats than would implementing today’s collection of programs.
Military Experimentation, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
Military Experimentation, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
Naval War College Review
The Pentagon cannot afford to “think rich,” and it cannot afford to proceed with a modernization program oriented to meeting only today’s challenges. Yet the Pentagon may be doing precisely that. It must determine the mix of systems required to operate effectively against future threats; experimentation provides an indispensable means for answering questions about those threats.
Network-Centric Warfare, Edward A. Smith Jr.
Network-Centric Warfare, Edward A. Smith Jr.
Naval War College Review
What is network-centric warfare? What does it bring to us? Why is it so critical to America’s future military power that we must give up other capabilities to buy it? A warfare-centered working con- cept of network-centric operations is needed. The measure of success will be the effect that net- working enables us to have on would-be enemies in peace and in war.
Strategic Trends, Paul Dibb
Strategic Trends, Paul Dibb
Naval War College Review
There are positive tendencies, including the resurgence of economic growth and the spread of de- mocracy. But there are a number of negative tendencies that must be of serious concern. The United States needs to develop more coherence and predictability in its Asia-Pacific security strat- egy, and it should listen more carefully to its allies and friends there.
Strategic Traditions For The Asia-Pacific Region, Stephen Peter Rosen
Strategic Traditions For The Asia-Pacific Region, Stephen Peter Rosen
Naval War College Review
Tradition has both positive and negative implications. It may be valuable lessons learned, lessons paid for with blood, but tradition may also be habits of the last war that make it difficult to see and react to change. There is good reason to think that future conditions in the Asia-Pacific region will not be consistent with what the strategic traditions of the U.S. military tell us we can expect.
President’S Forum, Arthur K. Cebrowski
President’S Forum, Arthur K. Cebrowski
Naval War College Review
Tomorrow’s conflicts will present complex requirements, and many things will be required to ful- fill them. We need to pursue with great vigor the concept of network-centric operations and war- fare, and a set of initiatives that would be quite disruptive to an enemy. The rebalanced fleet of the future will require these kinds of characteristics.
Soldiersand Civilians: The Civil-Military Gap And Americannational Security, James Stavridis
Soldiersand Civilians: The Civil-Military Gap And Americannational Security, James Stavridis
Naval War College Review
If you intend to own only a single volume on the crucial question of civil-military relations in the United States, choose this book. It is a comprehensive (indeed, exhaustive) review of the literature and commentary surrounding this timely debate. (A synthesis appears as the lead article in this issue.) It addresses what former secretary of defense William Cohen described as a “chasm” in American society. The editors have assembled a wide variety of commentators who examine two fundamental questions: Are the American armed forces and the civilian sector drifting apart as the result of a lack of shared values and …
On Seas Of Glory: Heroic Men, Greatships, And Epic Battles Of The American Navy, Andrew G. Wilson
On Seas Of Glory: Heroic Men, Greatships, And Epic Battles Of The American Navy, Andrew G. Wilson
Naval War College Review
John Lehman, former secretary of the Navy and author of Command of the Seas (1988), has with this book produced a masterful outline of “the grandeur of the American naval tradition.” The truest examples of this “grandeur” are “best found in its people, fighting sailors, technical innovators and inspiring leaders.” From John Paul Jones and the Revolutionary War to the six-hundred-ship fleet of the Cold War, John Lehman brings us a wonderful episodic view of the U.S. Navy’s people and ships, and their collective contribution to the strength and character of the nation they have served.
The Navy Times Book Of Submarines: A Political, Social And Military History, Christopher Cooper
The Navy Times Book Of Submarines: A Political, Social And Military History, Christopher Cooper
Naval War College Review
This historical book is a compilation of thousands of facts surrounding the evolutionary development of today’s modern submarine. In an effort to separate fiction from fact, Captain Harris (U.S. Navy, Ret.) debunks many commonly held myths that have been perpetuated in submarine lore.
We Come Unseen, Nigel West
We Come Unseen, Nigel West
Naval War College Review
Books about submarines are generally disapproved of, unless they are technical volumes describing the characteristics and performance of potentially hostile fleets. A couple of recent accounts of American operations have run into shallow water. For example, Roger Dunham was obliged to censor much of his Spy Sub (Naval Institute Press, 1996) and conceal the fact that he had served on the USS Halibut on classified projects, one of which was the discovery of the wreck of a Soviet submarine in the Pacific. Exercising discretion, Dunham called his boat Viperfish and never identified the K-219, the Soviet Golf II that went …
Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College
Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College
Naval War College Review
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Review Essay, Bruce Elleman
Review Essay, Bruce Elleman
Naval War College Review
At the end of the Cold War, the Soviet navy was eliminated almost overnight as the world’s second most powerful naval force. Russia’s Pacific fleet is now so poorly supplied and equipped that it rarely leaves port. This unprecedented reversal of fortune has created a maritime vacuum throughout East Asia, leaving a wide range of regional powers, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, and Japan, hoping to fill that vacuum.
President's Forum, Rodney P. Rempt
President's Forum, Rodney P. Rempt
Naval War College Review
The Naval War College has two main missions: to educate future leaders and to help define the future Navy. These are, remarkably, the basic mis- sions for which the College was established over a century ago. The times have certainly changed, the technology of maritime warfare has improved, and the geopolitical landscape would hardly be recognizable to our founder, Stephen B. Luce. But the mission has remained constant—to be a force for change and to serve as the intellectual center of the Navy.
Our Special Correspondent, Geoffrey Wawro
Our Special Correspondent, Geoffrey Wawro
Naval War College Review
Although the United States must think and deploy strategically in every hemisphere, it is here in its own that it confronts some of the greatest challenges to American peace and prosperity. Richly provided with energy, farmlands, potable water, and other natural resources, Latin Americans have nevertheless stumbled from one failed regime to another, often looking to fulfill the words of the real author of the Monroe Doctrine, John Quincy Ad- ams, who saw in 1823 a continent “stamped with arbitrary power and civil dissension,” far more likely to become “a domicile of despotism” than “a house of freedom.”
The U.S. Military And The Evolving Challenges In The Middle East, Anthony H. Cordesman
The U.S. Military And The Evolving Challenges In The Middle East, Anthony H. Cordesman
Naval War College Review
The Naval War College has two main missions: to educate future leaders and to help define the future Navy. These are, remarkably, the basic mis- sions for which the College was established over a century ago. The times have certainly changed, the technology of maritime warfare has improved, and the geopolitical landscape would hardly be recognizable to our founder, Stephen B. Luce. But the mission has remained constant—to be a force for change and to serve as the intellectual center of the Navy.
Thr Erosion Of Civilian Control Of The Military In The United States Today, Richard H. Kohn
Thr Erosion Of Civilian Control Of The Military In The United States Today, Richard H. Kohn
Naval War College Review
In over thirty-five years as a military historian, I have come to have great respect for and trust in American military officers. The United States is truly blessed to have men and women of the highest character leading its youth and safeguarding its security. That fact makes the present subject all the more troubling and unpleasant, whether to write or read about it. However, the subject is crucial to the nation’s security and to its survival as a republic. I am speaking of a tear in the nation’s civil and political fabric; my hope is that by bringing it to …
Article And Graduation Prizes, Alberto R. Coll
Article And Graduation Prizes, Alberto R. Coll
Naval War College Review
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Books Received, Alberto R. Coll
The Fifty Year War: Conflict And Strategy In The Cold War; Cold War At Sea: High-Seas Confrontation Between The United States And The Soviet Union, Andrew G. Wilson, David F. Winkler
The Fifty Year War: Conflict And Strategy In The Cold War; Cold War At Sea: High-Seas Confrontation Between The United States And The Soviet Union, Andrew G. Wilson, David F. Winkler
Naval War College Review
No abstract provided.
Civilians In The Path Of War, Johanna Mendelson Forman, Mark Grimsley, Clifford J. Rogers
Civilians In The Path Of War, Johanna Mendelson Forman, Mark Grimsley, Clifford J. Rogers
Naval War College Review
No abstract provided.