Shoulder to Shoulder The Road to U.S.-European Military Cooperability-A German American Analysis,9780833032096

Shoulder to Shoulder The Road to U.S.-European Military Cooperability-A German American Analysis

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ISBN13: 9780833032096
ISBN10: 0833032097
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-10-04
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary

Notes the increasing gap in the abilitiy of the U.S. and European militaries to operate efectively with each other, and examines ways to address the challenge.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Summary vii
Introduction: Concepts and Structure
1(8)
Toward the Prague Summit: Can It Ensure Long-Term Cooperability?
9(16)
From Kandahar to Prague
9(3)
Strategic Options for the United States
12(2)
European Choices
14(3)
The Logic of a New U.S.-European Security Compact
17(2)
Turning Strategic Logic into Political Commitment
19(2)
A European Lead-Country Approach
21(4)
Cooperability of Transforming Forces: Broad Framework, Sharp Focus
25(14)
Three Military Missions in the New Strategic Environment
25(5)
Stability Operations
26(2)
Advanced Expeditionary Warfare
28(1)
Homeland Defense
28(2)
Three Force Categories
30(1)
Degrees of Cooperability
31(2)
Dimensions of Cooperability
33(1)
Cooperable Capabilities---Technical, Doctrinal, and Structural
34(1)
Preparing Cooperable Forces
35(4)
What the United States Needs from Its European Allies for Expeditionary Operations
39(8)
Option 1: Contribute Throughout the Operation
40(3)
Option 2: Focus for Greatest Impact
43(2)
Evaluating the Options
45(1)
What European Capabilities Are Needed in Any Case?
46(1)
Cooperability of German Forces with Transforming U.S. Forces
47(10)
The State of Bundeswehr Reform
48(2)
From Reform to Transformation
50(2)
A German Approach to Transformation
52(2)
Preliminary Ideas on Transformed German Capabilities
54(3)
Getting the Process Right
57(10)
Why Current Processes Are Inadequate
57(3)
Concept Development and Experimentation: A Promising Avenue Toward Cooperability
60(3)
Implications for Institutions and Other Allies
63(4)
Conclusions
67

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