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Putting Defense Back into U.S. Defense Policy
Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World
Ivan Eland
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Putting Defense Back into U.S. Defense Policy

Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World

Ivan Eland Ivan Eland

September 2001

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In this compelling study, Eland questions the core assumptions of the American foreign policy and defense establishments that call for military interventions around the world and high and increasing defense budgets at home. He outlines a security policy more appropriate to the sober realities of the post-Cold War era. This is an approach that calls for military restraint overseas, taking advantage of the already secure U.S. geostrategic position, while safeguarding vital national interests. Eland details the military force structure needed for this new role and calculates the reduced defense budget required to pay for these forces.

This book is a timely wake-up call to those who make American foreign and defense policies. It demands a badly needed re-thinking of America's national interests. In the author's view, America's natural geostrategic position places it at a natural advantage, rendering unnecessary a forward defense posture. A non-interventionist foreign policy would save money by requiring lower defense budgets. An America less willing to get involved in complex overseas disputes unrelated to U.S vital interests would also be less likely to make enemies around the world.
U.S. National Security: Mismatch Beween Policy and Reality
Defining U.S. Vital Interests
Threats to U.S. Vital Interests
U.S. Security Strategy
The United States Must Revamp Its Military Forces
Weapons Unnecessary for a Balancer-of-Last Resort `trategy
Defense Programs That Need Increased Funding or Attention
An Appropriate Defense Budget for the Balancer of Last Resort Strategy
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index
Reviews
The book is a useful addition to a wide-ranging debate on defense spending today. Recommended for general readers, undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.—Choice

The main value of Eland's work is its critical and dispassionate treatment of assumptions that have driven national security strategy since the beginning of the cold war-assumptions that should be ^Iaddressed^R by all those seriously interested in the issue.—Political Science Quarterly





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