| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 84 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
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| Series |
Advancing strategic thought series |
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Advancing strategic thought series.
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| Note |
"August 2015." |
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Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-84). |
| Contents |
First dream. An early appreciation -- Reflections -- Second dream. Of fish and pirates -- Reflections -- Third dream. The specter of terrorism -- Reflections -- Fourth dream. Dhaka's despair -- Reflections -- Fifth dream. A nightmare with China -- Reflections -- Sixth dream. A better way -- Reflections -- Epilogue. Insight 1 : Understand the environment -- Insight 2 : The cost of collaboration is lower than the price of failure -- Insight 3 : Expect unintended effects -- Insight 4 : Smart power is smart strategy -- Insight 5 : It pays to be prepared -- Insight 6 : "Mistrust" causes the nightmare scenario -- Conclusion. A better way : security through collective assurance and understanding. |
| Summary |
"This strategic assessment seeks to go beyond a traditional comparative analysis of the military, technological, political, cultural, and economic factors governing the relationships and capabilities of the Asia Pacific environment. To make sense of the intrinsic complexities unique to this region, we endeavor to broaden our view and rely on a tool often overlooked in government studies: imagination. Moreover, we aim to offer a strategic document that is readable, instructive, and provocative. Pulling from a well-referenced piece of military teaching, this assessment borrows a learning concept first employed in 1904 by Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton in 'The Defence of Duffer's Drift.' This fictional story describes the plight of young Lieutenant Backsight Forethought as he commands a 50-man platoon tasked to hold a tactically critical piece of land called Duffer's Drift. The story unfolds in a series of six dreams, where the blunders of the unwitting lieutenant lead to disaster. As the dreams progress, he harnesses the lessons of each of his failures, and by applying these lessons, his platoon ultimately defends Duffer's Drift"--Publisher's web site. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed August 14, 2015). |
| Subject |
United States. Pacific Command.
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United States. Pacific Command.
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United States. Pacific Command. (OCoLC)fst00520226
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Security, International -- Asia.
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Security, International -- Pacific Area.
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Strategy.
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United States -- Military policy -- 21st century.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
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Asia -- Strategic aspects.
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Pacific Area -- Strategic aspects.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
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Security, International. (OCoLC)fst01110895
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Strategic aspects of individual places. (OCoLC)fst01355062
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Strategy. (OCoLC)fst01134406
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Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240495
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Pacific Area. (OCoLC)fst01243504
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099
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| Added Author |
Parsons, Christopher J., author.
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Smith, Elizabeth R., author.
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O'Malley, Derek J., author.
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Dixon, Robert G., author.
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McAleer, Laura, author.
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Swinton, E. D. (Ernest Dunlop), 1868-1951.
Defence of Duffer's Drift.
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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher.
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Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
P323 |
| ISBN |
1584876905 |
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9781584876908 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 395591325 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0307-A-53 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 101.146/14:D 87 |
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