{"product_id":"2940148573944","title":"WORLD VIEW: THE 1997 STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT FROM THE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE","description":"In December of each year the analysts at the Strategic\u003cbr\u003eStudies Institute (SSI) look to the year ahead to assess the\u003cbr\u003estrategic equation for their particular areas of interest. This\u003cbr\u003eis part of an effort to focus our priorities both corporately as\u003cbr\u003ewell as individually.\u003cbr\u003eAs they address those issues and factors that will affect\u003cbr\u003eU.S. national security strategy over the next 12-18 months, our\u003cbr\u003eanalysts are also forced to think about the next decade. The\u003cbr\u003estrategic context in 1997 will be quite similar to that of 1996\u003cbr\u003ein that it remains complex and uncertain. This year, however, the\u003cbr\u003eway we assess the world of the 21st century is even more\u003cbr\u003eimportant because the Army, along with the other services, is\u003cbr\u003eengaged in the congressionally-mandated Quadrennial Defense\u003cbr\u003eReview (QDR).\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the QDR, our conceptions of the future have\u003cbr\u003eimplications not only for Force XXI and Army XXI, but also for\u003cbr\u003ethe kind of Army that will serve the nation when Army XXI systems\u003cbr\u003enear obsolescence in 15-20 years. Getting the strategic context\u003cbr\u003eabout right is important because the Army After Next, although\u003cbr\u003ehighly capable, will also be small by comparison to those forces\u003cbr\u003eof only a few years past. Furthermore, decisions made in 1997 as\u003cbr\u003eto weapons development and force structure will emerge in the\u003cbr\u003eArmy of 2010-2015.\u003cbr\u003eSSI offers this year's World View assessment in the hope\u003cbr\u003ethat it will be of value to strategic planners in the Army and to\u003cbr\u003eothers who share an interest in assuring that the Army of the\u003cbr\u003e21st century will be then, as it is today, the world's best\u003cbr\u003earmy.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067924726000,"sku":"2940148573944","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148573944_p0.jpg?v=1763705773","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148573944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}