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Defence Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War

Defence Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War

Frühling, Stephan

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific, Book 27

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415605733
ISBN13: 9780415605731
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 6 2014
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

How can countries decide what kind of military forces they need, if threats are uncertain and history is full of strategic surprises? This is a question that is more pertinent than ever, as countries across the Asia-Pacific are faced with the military and economic rise of China. Uncertainty is inherent in defence planning, but different types of uncertainty mean that countries need to approach decisions about military force structure in different ways. This book examines four different basic frameworks for defence planning, and demonstrates how states can make decisions coherently about the structure and posture of their defence forces despite strategic uncertainty. It draws on case studies from the United States, Australian and New Zealand, each of which developed key concepts for their particular circumstances and risk perception in Asia. Success as well as failure in developing coherent defence planning frameworks holds lessons for the United States and other countries as they consider how best to structure their military forces for the uncertain challenges of the future.

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