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NATO and the challenges of austerity /

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Impact of planned cuts on the capabilities of key NATO members -- Impact of defense cuts on NATO's capacity to conduct important military missions -- Meeting NATO's defense challenges in an era of austerity -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary, list of symbols, etc. -- NATO and the challenges of...

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Corporate Authors: Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Larrabee, F. Stephen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2012.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Operational readiness.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
Europe > Military policy.
North America > Military policy.
Europe > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
North America > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
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Summary:Impact of planned cuts on the capabilities of key NATO members -- Impact of defense cuts on NATO's capacity to conduct important military missions -- Meeting NATO's defense challenges in an era of austerity -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary, list of symbols, etc. -- NATO and the challenges of austerity -- The defense spending gap -- Purpose and organization of the study -- The impact of defense cuts on key NATO allies -- Great Britain -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Spain -- Netherlands -- Poland -- Future prospects -- NATO Europe's capability for defense and power projection in the coming decade -- Defense of NATO territory -- Missions in NATO's immediate neighborhood -- High-intensity power-projection missions in more distant regions -- Long-range operations with small "conventional" forces -- Long-range SOF operations -- Conclusion -- The new strategic context -- The limits of smart defense -- Pooling and sharing -- The impact of the Euro crisis -- The defense industrial sector -- The Libyan Intervention: lessons and implications -- German ambiguities -- Implications and recommendations for US policy -- Transatlantic defense challenges in an era of austerity -- Sustaining the alliance over the long-run.
Item Description:"National Defense Research Institute."
"MG-1196-OSD"--P. 4 of cover.
Physical Description:xxiii, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115).
ISBN:9780833068477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0833068474 (pbk. : alk. paper)