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Publication Date: August 1984
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Thomas Owens Mackubin
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: National security
Type: Report
Abstract:
It may be regrettable, but wars'are sometimes necessary to a nation's honor, if not its very survival. The U.S. must acknowledge that world reality dictates that good can sometimes come of military force, or there can be no hope for true military reform. Organizational or doctrinal changes may have marginal impact on the operational or strategic capability of American military forces, but the assumptions of the political leadership concerning the use of military force are far more fundamental.