The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy

Abstract : In this book, 14 RAND analysts with broad experience in strategic and Army planning have undertaken to answer the following questions: How is the U.S. Army changing to fulfill its role in light of the new national security strategy?; How must it change further to better accomplish its manifold and varied missions?; How did the attacks of September 11, 2001, alter or accelerate the need for change?; and Is the Army's far-reaching program for change, known as the Army Transformation, on the right track? The authors contribute 13 chapters that examine the Army's role in the offensive war on terrorism; the Army's homeland security needs; the implications for the Army of the increased emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region; the Army's role in coalition operations; the unfinished business of jointness and lessons to be learned from recent Army operations; the Army's deployment, logistical, and personnel challenges; and whether the Army can afford the Transformation as currently envisaged. Chapters are as follows: "The New National Security Strategy," by Jeremy Shapiro and Lynn E. Davis; "The U.S. Army and the Offensive War on Terrorism," by Bruce R. Nardulli; "Defining the Army's Homeland Security Needs," by Lynn E. Davis; "The Shift to Asia: Implications for U.S. Land Power," by Roger Cliff and Jeremy Shapiro; "Preparing for Coalition Operations," by Nora Bensahel; "Transformation and the Unfinished Business of Jointness: Lessons for the Army from the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, and Afghanistan," by Bernard Rostker; "Preparing the Army for Joint Operations," by Bruce Pirnie; "Moving Rapidly to the Fight," by John Gordon and David Orletsky; "Taking Care of People: The Future of Army Personnel," by Susan Hosek; "Making the Power Projection Army a Reality," by Eric Peltz and John Halliday; "Resourcing the Twenty-First Century Army," by David Kassing; and "Refining Army Transformation," by Thomas L. McNaugher. (28 figures, 14 tables, chapter refs.)