Ground Truth: The Future of U.S. Land Power

by Thomas Donnelly and Frederick Kagan

The limitations of America's land forces remain a fundamental constraint on U.S. military strategy. The cutbacks of the Clinton years and the Bush administration's failure to foresee the need for larger ground forces in the wake of 9/11 have undercut America's ability to fight the Long War. Resolving the stark divergence between America's military ends and means-in terms of force size, training, and modernization-will be a crucial challenge for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844742627
• ISBN13: 9780844742625
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"