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Grand Strategy for the Terror War
This Naval War College Point Paper was prepared in response to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. The Naval War College commissioned more than thirty papers addressing strategy and policy, operational concepts, and national security decision making related to the terror war. These papers were intended as contributions to U.S. national security policy deliberations, and to assist the U.S. Navy as it planned its response to future terrorist threats. The purpose of this Point Paper was "to contribute to the continuing development of a grand strategy for engaging and defeating terrorist organizations with global reach and their state supporters."
Navy Warfare Development Command (U.S.)
Owens, Mackubin Thomas
2002-05-22
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What Is the Kind of War upon Which We Are Embarking?
This Naval War College Point Paper was prepared in response to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. The Naval War College commissioned more than thirty papers addressing strategy and policy, operational concepts, and national security decision making related to the terror war. These papers were intended as contributions to U.S. national security policy deliberations, and to assist the U.S. Navy as it planned its response to future terrorist threats. The purpose of this Point Paper was "to better understand the nature of the terror war." It provides a brief background, and posits that the war will manifest the following characteristics: (1) Not a 'Normal' War, (2) Homeland a Battle Zone, (3) A Long War, (4) Elusive Adversaries, and (5) A Multi-Spectrum War.
Navy Warfare Development Command (U.S.)
Owens, Mackubin Thomas; Fuller, Bill
2001-10-22
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Reflections on Future War
"Part of preparing for war is to understand it. What is the nature of war? What is the character of war? Will war in the future be like war in the past? These are critical questions that today's military professional must attempt to answer. Unfortunately, our track record is not very good. To envision the future is to 'look through a glass darkly.' A case in point is the debate that took place a decade ago in the wake of the Cold War's end and Operation Desert Storm, the first Gulf War, of 1991."
Naval War College (U.S.). Press
Owens, Mackubin Thomas
2008
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Strategy and the Strategic Way of Thinking
"Strategy is often portrayed as the interaction of ends, ways, and means, which is a useful formulation. In essence, strategy describes the 'way' in which the available 'means' will be employed to achieve the 'ends' of policy. The word 'strategy' is used in a variety of contexts. There are business strategies, coaching strategies, financial strategies, and research strategies. Over the past few decades, the concept of strategy increasingly has been applied to organizations. An organization develops a strategy based on its mission or goal, a vision of the future, an understanding of the organization's place in that future, and an assessment of the alternatives available to it, given scarce resources. Yet the central application of the concept of strategy continues to be defense planning. History makes it clear that the development of a coherent strategy is absolutely essential to national security in times of both war and peace. In the absence of a coherent strategy, nonstrategic factors, such as bureaucratic and organizational imperatives, will fill the void to the detriment of national security."
Naval War College (U.S.)
Owens, Mackubin Thomas
2007
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What Military Officers Need to Know About Civil-Military Relations
"Civil-military relations describe the interactions among the people of a state, the institutions of that state, and the military of the state. At the institutional level, there are 'two hands on the sword.' The civil hand determines when to draw it from the scabbard and thence guides it in its use. This is the dominant hand of policy, the purpose for which the sword exists in the first place. The military's hand sharpens the sword for use and wields it in combat. From the time of the Revolution to the present, U.S. civil-military relations essentially have constituted a bargain among the aforementioned parties--the people, the civil government, and the military establishment--concerning the allocation of prerogatives and responsibilities between the government and the military, in answer to five questions: Who controls the military instrument? What is the appropriate level of military influence on society? What is the role of the military? What pattern of civil-military relations best ensures military success? Who serves?"
Naval War College (U.S.)
Owens, Mackubin Thomas
2012
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