On Being A Superpower And Not Knowing What To Do About It

by Deitchman, Seymour J

• ISBN13: 9780813367750
• ISBN10: 0813367751
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-31
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Explores hypothetical situations in the realm of international security and predicts the probable U.S. response to them based on current politics and social norms.

Author Biography

An aeronautical engineer by training, Seymour J. Deitchman was responsible at the Defense Department for research and development support of U. S. efforts in Southeast Asia in the 1960s. He was vice president for programs at the Institute for Defense Analysis until 1988. Currently he is a member of the Naval Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. He is author of more than fifty open publications on national security. His prior books include Beyond the Thaw and Military Power and the Advance of Technology. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART ONE FANTASY
Scenarios	3	(32)
The State of the World	5	(5)
A Far East Scenario	10	(7)
A Middle East Scenario	17	(8)
A Caribbean Scenario	25	(5)
Lessons	30	(5)
The Evporation of the U.S.A.	35	(28)
Where the World Has Gone	35	(7)
The Evolution of USCAN	42	(21)
PART TWO REALITY: THE BACKGROUND TO NATIONAL SECURITY
Where Does the World Seem to Be Going?	63	(43)
Homogenizing the World	63	(11)
New Regional Powers Within Old Geopolitical Contexts	74	(17)
Beyond National Boundaries	91	(15)
Where Does the Nation Seem to Be Going?	106	(61)
The Twentieth-Century American Social Revolution	108	(8)
Attitudes	116	(17)
Trends	133	(34)
Dilemmas	167	(24)
Inside the United States	167	(10)
Beyond Our Borders	177	(14)
PART THREE THE CORE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
The Armed Forces	191	(77)
The Armed Forces as Society	191	(7)
U.S. Armed Forces in the Twentieth Century	198	(27)
The Armed Forces Today and Tomorrow	225	(43)
A National Strategy?	268	(44)
A Strategy Emerging	270	(10)
Implementing the Strategy	280	(3)
Crafting Armed Forces to Match	283	(18)
Using the Armed Forces	301	(6)
Counterstrategies	307	(5)
The Real World	312	(25)
Linkages: Implementing Our Strategy	316	(8)
Linkages: The Armed Forces	324	(4)
The Real World	328	(9)
Bibliography	337	(4)
Index	341