The Future of American Defense - 9780898435986

In this volume, national security experts, academics, and business leaders discuss how to balance the aims and objectives of U.S. defense strategy with current fiscal realities.The book also offers strategies to coordinate defense spending between the executive branch and Congress.

Contents

Austerity and U.S. Strategy: Lessons of the PastThe Fifth Annual Ernest May Memorial LectureMelvyn P. Leffler (University of Virginia)

U.S. Defense Strategy in a Post-9/11, Post-War Era of AusterityMichèle Flournoy (Boston Consulting Group)

Defense Entropy and Future Readiness, Fast and SlowPhilip Zelikow (University of Virginia)

Explaining and Sustaining the Pivot (Rebalance) to AsiaKurt Campbell (Asia Group)

The United States Military and the Middle EastMichael O'Hanlon (Brookings Institution)

Fiscal Shock, Combat Awe: Preserving Fighting Power in the New AusterityJohn Dowdy and Diana Farrell (McKinsey & Company)

Defense Drawdown: Dealing with the "Back Office" and Acquisition CostsGordon Adams (American University)

Re-Imagining U.S. National SecurityJane Holl Lute (Council on CyberSecurity)

Getting Beyond DenialCarla Anne Robbins (City University of New York; Council on Foreign Relations)