NEW ASSUMPTIONS TO GUIDE THE USE AND CONTROL OF MILITARY FORCE

In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 17-27

Abstract

AUTHOR CITES THE DISINTEGRATION OF OLD ASSUMPTIONS GUIDING AMERICAN SECURITY POLICY, INCLUDING ARMS CONTROL, SINCE WORLD WAR II. HE OFFERS ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH AMERICAN SECURITY POLICY WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE TO REST: (1) THE MULTIPLICATION OF THREATS, ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES; (2) THE DISPARITY BETWEEN ABSOLUTE MILITARY POWER AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE U.S. AND IMPOTENCE IN USING IT.