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Landpower and Crises: Army Roles and Missions in Smaller-Scale Contingencies During the 1990S
Overview Though the end of the Cold War brought a decrease in the likelihood of global war and significant reductions in U.S. military force levels, demands placed on remaining American military forces increased rather than subsided. Over the past decade, American political leaders have used military forces much more frequently to achieve national policy objectives. Most of the post-Cold War deployments fall under the general heading of smaller-scale contingencies (SSCs), but their cumulative effect has placed considerable burdens on the Army, in particular.
| Publisher | Strategic Studies Institute | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | January 2001 | ||
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