A New American Defensive Doctrine for Europe.

This memorandum surveys developments, notably in Southern Europe, which demand a reassessment and possible restatement of US commitments. Communist advances in this area and the growing emphasis on the strategic significance of Yugoslavia give a sense of urgency. The Soviet thrust westward in the Me...

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Main Author: Deutsch,Harold C.
Other Authors: ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
Government and Political Science
*NATO
*DEFENSE SYSTEMS
*YUGOSLAVIA
MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
FOREIGN POLICY
USSR
EUROPE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
MILITARY DOCTRINE
THREAT EVALUATION
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
NORWAY
SOUTH(DIRECTION)
OVERSEAS
COMMUNISTS
DETENTE
Southern Europe
Kola Peninsula
Norway
kola peninsula
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA025138
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA025138
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Summary:This memorandum surveys developments, notably in Southern Europe, which demand a reassessment and possible restatement of US commitments. Communist advances in this area and the growing emphasis on the strategic significance of Yugoslavia give a sense of urgency. The Soviet thrust westward in the Mediterranean represents one horn of a dual encircling movement, the northern opposite of which is furnished by a vast expansion of land, sea, and air bases in the Kola peninsula. There is much to argue for forceful restatement of American concerns and intentions regarding the eastern shores of the North Atlantic. There should be stress on the open endedness of the American presence as well as on a determination to defend the domestic integrity of the NATO states against violent or unconstitutional procedures. Interest in the independence and integrity of Yugoslavia should be voiced to whatever extent the state of Western opinion may permit. As none of the earlier US declarations of fundamental policy are adequate, it would be well to weave these points together on the occasion of a broad presidential statement, such as the inaugural address or first State of the Union message of a new president. (Author)

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