New Directions in U.S. National Security Strategy, Defense Plans, and Diplomacy
By RichaRd L. KugLeR
New Directions in U.S. National Security
Strategy, Defense Plans, and Diplomacy
a Review of officiaL StRategic documentS
Institute for National Strategic Studies
Center for Technology and National Security Policy
T
he U.S. Government has recently issued seven major
studies that together put forth a comprehensive blue-
print for major global changes in U.S. national security
strategy, defense plans, and diplomacy. These seven studies
are brought together in this illuminating book, which portrays
their individual contents and complex interrelationships and
evaluates their strengths and shortfalls. It argues that while
these studies are well-written, cogently argued, and articulate
many valuable innovations for the Department of Defense,
Department of State, and other government agencies, all of
them leave lingering, controversial issues that require further
thinking and analysis as future U.S. national security policy
evolves in a changing and dangerous world. For all readers,
this book offers a quick, readable way to grasp and critique
the many changes now sweeping over the new U.S. approach
to global security affairs.
KUGLER
