What New Look in Defense?

Recalling the abrupt changes in American national security policy in 1953 and 1961, we may well ask: What New Look should we expect now? What should we want? Changes will probably emerge more temperately and slowly than they did in those years. To our friends abroad, over-sensitized as they have bec...

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Published in:	World politics 1969-10, Vol.22 (1), p.1-28
Main Author:	Hoag, Malcolm W.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Arms control agreements Defenses International politics Military alliances Military defense Military doctrines Military policy Military strategy Military tactics Missiles National security Nuclear warfare United States
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Summary:	Recalling the abrupt changes in American national security policy in 1953 and 1961, we may well ask: What New Look should we expect now? What should we want? Changes will probably emerge more temperately and slowly than they did in those years. To our friends abroad, over-sensitized as they have become to policy modifications, this prospect should be reassuring. Much as they tend to sympathize with dissent within the United States over Vietnam, they realize that our domestic furor over this tragic war threatens to induce a generalized neo-isolationism. Arguments for neo-isolationism have a powerful appeal, but tend to cloud debate about the real issues for long-term security policy choice: what doctrine, military force structure, budgets, and plans?
ISSN:	0043-8871 1086-3338