Search Results for Strategic planning - Narrowed by: Military planning -- United States.

Portfolio-analysis methods for assessing capability options [electronic resource] / Paul K. Davis, Russell D. Shaver, Justin Beck.

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by Davis, Paul K., 1943-
Call Number 355.6840973 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary An analytical framework and methodology for capability-area reviews is described, along with new tools to support capabilities analysis and strategic-level defense planning in the Defense Department and the Services. BCOT generates and screens preliminary options, and the Portfolio-Analysis Tool (PAT) is used to evaluate options that pass screening. The concepts are illustrated with applications to Global Strike and Ballistic Missile Defense. Recommendations are made for further defense-planning research.
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Thinking about America's defense [electronic resource] : an analytical memoir / Glenn A. Kent ; with David Ochmanek, Michael Spirtas, Bruce R. Pirnie.

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by Kent, Glenn A., 1915-
Call Number 355.033073 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary "Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP), leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s, developing and analyzing strategic nuclear arms control agreements, helping to bring new weapon systems to life, and many others. Each vignette describes the analytical frameworks and, where appropriate, the mathematical formulas and charts that Glenn developed and applied to gain insights into the issue at hand. The author also relates his roles in much of the bureaucratic pulling and hauling that occurred as issues were addressed within the government."--Publisher's website.
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Crisis stability and long-range strike : a comparative analysis of fighters, bombers, and missiles / Forrest E. Morgan.

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by Morgan, Forrest E., author.
Call Number 358.420973 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary To effectively manage an international crisis, the United States must balance its threats with restraint. It must posture forces in ways that deter aggression without implying that an attack is imminent, while limiting its own vulnerability to surprise attack. A RAND study sought to identify which long-range strike assets-strike fighters, bombers, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles-offer capabilities most conducive to stabilizing such crises.
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Changes ahead : future directions for the U.S. overseas military presence / Richard L. Kugler ; prepared for the U.S. Air Force by RAND's Project Air Force.

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by Kugler, Richard L.
Call Number 358.41357 21
Publication Date 1998
Summary U.S. military forces stationed abroad play vital roles. As regional political and military dynamics shift, so too will the United States need to adjust its overseas military posture to accommodate new objectives and missions in new places. In general, that posture will need to become more flexible and more expeditionary, covering a wider array of challenges and broader geographic areas. Such changes can be unsettling to accomplish and may even worry allies and friends. Yet the United States cannot adequately reassure foreign countries with an outdated force posture. Planning for these changes should not be based on marginal adjustments to arbitrary manpower levels but should assess strategic objectives, missions, and requirements before considering the implications for manpower, units, activities, and money. This planning also should establish coherent goals and orderly means of reaching them, rather than muddle along in incremental ways that lack direction or can be blown off course by the shifting political winds. This study offers eight options that can be used to help guide thinking and planning for the coming era of change.
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The three circles of war [electronic resource] : understanding the dynamics of conflict in Iraq / edited by Heather S. Gregg, Hy S. Rothstein, and John Arquilla.

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by Gregg, Heather S.
Call Number 956.70443 22
Publication Date 2010
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