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Stretched thin : Army forces for sustained operations
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ISBN: 0833038168 0833040898 1601290209 9780833040893 9781601290205 9780833038166 9780833040855 0833040855 Year: 2005 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Rand,

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Describes the effects of deployments on the Army's ability to provide forces for other contingencies, to ensure that soldiers are trained, and to continue to recruit and retain soldiers. The authors found that Army plans for transformation and employing reserves fall short. Unless requirements recede, the nation faces an Army stretched thin.

Hurricane Katrina : lessons for army planning and operations
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ISBN: 1281181145 9786611181147 0833042742 0833041673 9780833042743 9781281181145 9780833041678 6611181148 Year: 2007 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND,

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The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but problems did arise in the military response that contributed to delays in accomplishing evacuations and relief operations across the storm-ravaged areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, particularly New Orleans. A number of steps can be taken to enhance future military disaster-response efforts: give the National Guard the federal mission to conduct homeland security activities; make each National Guard unit capable of rapid deployment; prepare governors to call up G

Individual preparedness and response to chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological terrorist attacks
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ISBN: 1282451383 9786612451386 0833036084 0833034731 9780833036087 9781282451384 9780833034731 Year: 2003 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Rand,

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Individual preparedness is an important element of our nation?s strategy for homeland security. This report provides a rigorous way to identify actions individuals can take to protect their health and safety. The authors detail a prospective individual?s strategy across four types of terrorist attacks-chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological-consisting of overarching goals and simple responses and preparations. The actions are designed to be sensitive to potential variations and defined in terms of simple rules that should be easy for individuals to adopt.


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Armed and dangerous? : UAVs and U.S. security
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ISBN: 9780833086341 0833086340 9780833085887 0833085883 Year: 2014 Publisher: Santa Monica, California : RAND Corporation,

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An arms control strategy for the new Europe
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Year: 1993 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation,

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Far from being a relic of the Cold War, arms control, according to this study, has a continuing role to play in addressing Europe's new insecurities and instabilities and, therefore, should be pursued ambitiously for its potential contribution to peace and security. After summarizing the record of arms control to date and concluding that it provides a firm and impressive foundation upon which to build an ambitious agenda for the future, the study presents a four-part strategy for future arms control in Europe: (1) help build confidence among the newly independent states and contribute to peace-building efforts; (2) confirm by treaty the positive developments in military forces and activities under way in Europe; (3) manage the demilitarization of interstate relations and, over time, foster a community of interest throughout Europe in which disputes are resolved peacefully; and (4) reduce significantly the role of nuclear weapons and strengthen the global nuclear nonproliferation regime.


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Peacekeeping and peacemaking after the Cold War
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Year: 1993 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation,

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This report addresses the challenges of peacekeeping and peacemaking after the Cold War, looking first at recent efforts to keep the peace and then suggesting a multifaceted approach for the future. It looks at operations in which the international community successfully cooperated--such as in Iraq, and less successfully so--such as in Cambodia and the western Sahara. It points out that bringing peace to post-Cold War conflicts will require the international community to take a role in helping build nations and, in the process, carry out such additional activities as monitoring human rights, demobilizing armies, providing administrative services, and setting up democratic institutions. The report defines five conditions that have been necessary for success in traditional UN peacekeeping operations: (1) the international community viewed the conflict of sufficient concern to intervene and was willing to take the risks and bear the costs involved; (2) a plausible political settlement to the dispute existed and could be defined in general terms; (3) the parties to the conflict were prepared to stop fighting and accept outside help in moving toward that political settlement; (4) the international community was essentially neutral as to how the dispute would be resolved, and it was so viewed by the warring parties; and (5) military forces had a role that was relevant to achieving the political settlement, e.g., as truce monitors, patrols in demilitarized zones, etc. For conflicts in which these conditions are met, the international community should seize the opportunity to play a role in bringing peace. When they are not met, the focus should be on nonmilitary measures such as establishing international norms of behavior--most importantly the assurance of the rights of minorities and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Peacemaking operations become the instrument of last resort because of their dangers and their difficult operational requirements. But in order to provide for occasions when they may be needed, the most important step would be for governments to place "volunteer" military forces under UN command.


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A Strategic Planning Approach : Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration
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ISBN: 0833052950 Year: 2009 Publisher: Santa Monica : RAND Corporation,

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While the United States government has historically undertaken strategic reviews and produced numerous strategy documents, these have provided only very general directions for U.S. policymakers. This paper defines an approach to strategic planning and illustrates its application using the example of the critical national security topic of counterterrorism.


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U.S. overseas military presence : what are the strategic choices?
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ISBN: 0833073826 0833073842 0833073400 9780833073822 9780833073846 9780833073402 9780833073846 9780833073839 0833073834 Year: 2012 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND,

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The role of the United States and its global military presence are under debate in the face of changing strategic and economic realities. The authors present a menu of global postures and compare them in terms of the U.S. Air Force bases, combat forces, active-duty personnel, and base operating costs. Ultimately, the choice will depend on perspectives on the role overseas military presence can play in achieving U.S. global security interests.

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The U.S. Army and the new national security strategy
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ISBN: 0833034138 0833033476 9780833034137 9780833033475 9780833033475 Year: 2003 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND,

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This book examines the Army's role in the war on terrorism; the Army's homeland security needs; the implications of increased emphasis on Asia; the Army's role in coalition operations; the unfinished business of jointness-the lessons learned from operations and how to prepare for the future; the Army's deployability, logistical, and personnel challenges; and whether the Army can afford its Transformation. These examinations are bracketed by an introduction, a description of the Army's place in the new national security strategy, and a summary of the authors' conclusions.


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Iran's nuclear future : critical U.S. policy choices
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ISBN: 9780833051752 083305175X 9786613135865 0833053086 1283135868 9780833053084 9781283135863 Year: 2011 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND,

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As Iran's nuclear program evolves, U.S. decision makers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and policy trade-offs. These policy choices could involve dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons; deterring Iran from using its nuclear weapons, if it were to acquire them; and reassuring U.S. regional partners. The U.S. Air Force will need to prepare to carry out whatever policies are chosen.

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