This report provides a political-military analysis for thinking about how NATO's conventional defense strategy can be adjusted to contribute to stability in Central Europe in the coming post-Cold War era. The report (which was assembled in early 1991) concludes that NATO will need to employ a new 'theater employment doctrine'--the way NATO uses military force on the battlefield to attain its goals--one that defends further eastward and more flexibly than the linear defense contemplated. All viable alternatives for such a doctrine will require NATO to uproot long-established defense practices. Changes will have to be made not only in NATO's force posture, but also in how coalition defense is conducted. Having a concerted planning effort that forges a coherent relationship among NATO's future defense strategy, employment doctrine, and force posture can ensure these changes are well-managed, thus leaving NATO with a viable conventional defense strategy even if forces are smaller than they are now.
NATO's Future Conventional Defense Strategy in Central Europe: Theater Employment Doctrine for the Post-Cold War Era
1992
240 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Sciences , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Nato , Military strategy , Military doctrine , Defense planning , Theater level operations , International politics , Manpower utilization , Trade off analysis , Eastern europe , Central europe , Nato forces , Conventional defense , Military coalitions , Political stability , Future , Theater employment doctrine , Linear defense
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