Beyond the Rainbow Plans: Military Industrial and Mobilization Planning in an Uncertain Century


 

Publication Date: September 2004

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Jay Carafano

Research Area: Government; Military and defense

Keywords: National security; Rainbow plans; Unified Command Plan

Type: Report

Abstract:

Planning for programs and policies that can be implemented when strategic warning signs make it apparent that the unthinkable is about to happen will require (1) restructuring the Unified Command Plan, (2) creating a National Security/Homeland Security University, and (3) forming an Office of Domestic Mobilization within the Department of Homeland Security.