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The Strategy of Denial

American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

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Why and how America's defense strategy must change in light of China's power and ambition.

Elbridge A. Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the most significant revision of US defense strategy in a generation. Here he lays out how America's defense must change to address China's growing power and ambition. Based firmly in the realist tradition but deeply engaged in current policy, this book offers a clear framework for what America's goals in confronting China must be, how its military strategy must change, and how it must prioritize these goals over its lesser interests.

The most informed and in-depth reappraisal of America's defense strategy in decades, this book outlines a rigorous but practical approach, showing how the United States can prepare to win a war with China that we cannot afford to lose - precisely in order to deter that war from happening.

©2021 Elbridge A. Colby (P)2021 Tantor Freedom & Security Politics & Government Military Policy National Security War China Military
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There is little to disagree with in this book, but that's mainly because the main ideas it presents are already well-established and the level at which they are pitched is pretty basic. In the analysis, one could easily replace China (the focus of the proposed current US defense dogma) with USSR and not much would change, as if the world is the same as 30 years ago and those two countries are also the same. Everything else stated is okay, reasonable, etc, but...basic.

Outdated and simplistic

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