A Thoroughly Efficient NavyBrookings Institution, 1987 - 130 pages |
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... questions . " Do we really need so many ships ? Are the Navy and Marine Corps effective in helping to deter Soviet aggression - across the full spectrum of violence , from terrorism to nuclear war ? Do we have a strategy that guides the ...
... questions . " Do we really need so many ships ? Are the Navy and Marine Corps effective in helping to deter Soviet aggression - across the full spectrum of violence , from terrorism to nuclear war ? Do we have a strategy that guides the ...
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... questions raised by its current secretary . During most of the 1970s and all of the early 1980s , spokesmen for the Navy emphasized the extent of international turbulence and the worldwide responsibilities of the United States . They ...
... questions raised by its current secretary . During most of the 1970s and all of the early 1980s , spokesmen for the Navy emphasized the extent of international turbulence and the worldwide responsibilities of the United States . They ...
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... questions than they answer . How would U.S. leaders know what they had accomplished , especially if key surveillance satellites had been taken out of action ? What would happen if the enemy began to draw on his counter - city reserve to ...
... questions than they answer . How would U.S. leaders know what they had accomplished , especially if key surveillance satellites had been taken out of action ? What would happen if the enemy began to draw on his counter - city reserve to ...
Contents
Text Tables | 1 |
Defense of the Navy | 5 |
The Maritime Strategy | 12 |
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