Traces the involvement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in planning and directing combat operations in Panama. Begins with the initial development of contingency plans in Feb. 1988 and concludes with Gen. Manuel Noriega's surrender to U.S. officials on 3 Jan. 1990. Contents: background of the crisis; after the coup attempt; trigger events: the decision to intervene; D-Day, 12/20/89; issues in the national military command center; last combat, civil affairs and the hunt for Noriega; the Nunciatura; the end of organized resistance; and assessments. Map.
The author states that despite the vastly changed world order, basic principles of international relations still apply, and the United States would be ill-served by abandoning those principles.
Significant gaps exist in the ability of the United States and its allies to deter or defeat aggression that could threaten national interests.
This report presents the results of a fiscal year 2016 RAND Project AIR FORCE add-on project to generate a range of future projections to assist Air Force strategic planning in developing the Air Force Strategic Environment Assessment.
This report describes the current defense planning process used by the U.S. Department of Defense, with a focus on how scenarios are developed and employed to support defense planning.
Following the background provided in these initial chapters, the remainder of the book provides a comprehensive discussion outlining how the European Campaign was was carried out.
"Prepared for the United States Army."--Title page.
This book examines the key areas of science and technology that the Air Force must focus on over the next two decades to enable technologically achievable capabilities that can provide it with the greatest U.S. Joint force effectiveness by ...
... war, Washington would seek to adjust the record to reflect the result, reworking the disorderly landscape of war until his escape from disaster seemed predestined — which is to say, he revised his diary. But he could not revise his ...
Iraq War veteran and former police officer David G. Bolgiano examines how the fear of using force in combat has put American fighting forces in unnecessary danger.
Creating Strategic Vision: Long-range Planning for National Security