A nation at war in an era of strategic change

Abstract

The President, Secretary of Defense, and the Army's Chief of Staff have all stated that the United States is a "Nation at War." The U.S. military faces significant strategic challenges as it continues to transform the force and improve interagency integration into joint operations, all the while engaging in active combat operations associated with the Global War on Terrorism. This collection of outstanding essays--three of which won prestigious writing awards--by the students enrolled in the Army War College's Advanced Strategic Art Program (ASAP) highlight some of these strategic challenges and offer thoughtful solutions. They provide insights that will undoubtedly prove useful to decisionmakers at the highest levels of our national security establishment. ASAP graduates continue to make their mark as outstanding theater strategists in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff and Army Staff, and in the Combatant Commands. ; "September 2004." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; 1. Operation Iraqi Freedom: lessons for the future / Williamson Murray -- 2. "Knowledge must become capability": institutional intellectualism as an agent for military transformation / Steven W. Knott -- 3. Swiftly defeat the efforts, then what? The "new American way of war" and the transition from decisive combat operations to post-conflict security operations / John D. Nelson -- 4. Nuclear high altitude electromagnetic pulse: implications for homeland security and homeland defense / Thomas C. Riddle -- 5. Iraq, 2003-4, and Mesopotamia, 1914-18: a comparative analysis in ends and means / James D. Scudieri -- 6. Waging peace: ECLIPSE in postwar Germany and Iraq / Kenneth O. McCreedy -- 7. The Abrahms Doctrine: has it been abused in the global war on terror? / George A. Brinegar -- 8. The Abrams Doctrine: total force foundation or enduring fallacy? / Brian D. Jones -- 9. Secure the victory: is it time for a stabilization and reconstruction command? / Eric L. Ashworth -- 10. Nation building: a bad idea whose time has come? / Burt K. Thompson -- 11. Seabasing and ship-to-objective maneuver and their implications for the joint force commander / Stuart L. Dickey -- 12. Is the air component coordination element (ACCE) embedded in the coalition forces land component command (CFLCC) HQ a model for future conflict? / Byron H. Risner -- 13. The national security strategy of the United States: development of grand strategy / Thomas P. Reilly -- 14. The human dimension of transformation / Robert E. Scurlock, Jr. ; The President, Secretary of Defense, and the Army's Chief of Staff have all stated that the United States is a "Nation at War." The U.S. military faces significant strategic challenges as it continues to transform the force and improve interagency integration into joint operations, all the while engaging in active combat operations associated with the Global War on Terrorism. This collection of outstanding essays--three of which won prestigious writing awards--by the students enrolled in the Army War College's Advanced Strategic Art Program (ASAP) highlight some of these strategic challenges and offer thoughtful solutions. They provide insights that will undoubtedly prove useful to decisionmakers at the highest levels of our national security establishment. ASAP graduates continue to make their mark as outstanding theater strategists in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff and Army Staff, and in the Combatant Commands. ; Mode of access: Internet.