A Nation at War

Authored by Professor John R. Martin.

February 2007

223 Pages

Brief Synopsis

One of the basics of strategy is understanding the foe and the type of war in which a nation is involved. Perhaps even more basic than that is the seemingly simple requirement to understand that the nation is at war. The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) does not fit easily into the mold of war, but that is because of too much comparison with conventional wars; the Cold War may provide a better model. The United States--especially the government, but also the people--need to focus more fully on prosecuting the GWOT, but there is no requirement for the full mobilization seen in World War II. This report chronicles the panels and resulting papers from the Seventeenth Annual U.S. Army War College Strategy Conference, held at Carlisle Barracks, PA, in April 2006.

Contents

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PANEL I. THE HOMELAND SECURITY CONTEXT: NATIONAL ACCESS VS. NATIONAL SECURITY
General

Border Security: A Foreign Perspective
by Ms. Susan Sim

PANEL II. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: COALITION BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE
General

Coalition Building
by Lieutenant General (Retired)
Christian Delanghe

PANEL III. THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT: THE RESERVE COMPONENTS AT WAR
General

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Building a Defense Force for the 21st Century
by Dr. William J. Perry

PANEL IV. THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT: GLOBALIZATION VS. NATIONAL SECURITY
General

Globalization and U.S. National Security: An Overview of Some Basic Issues
by Dr. Edward M. Graham

The Economic Rise of China: Commercial Threat or Blessing?
by Dr. Leif Rosenberger

The Dollar as a Commodity of Strategic National Interest
by Mr. John D. Lange

PANEL V. THE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL SECURITY CONTEXT: COMPETING LEGAL ISSUES
General

Justifying the American Way of War
by Professor Michael F. Noone

The Nation at War
by Rear Admiral (Retired) Jane G. Dalton

Competing Legal Issues: A European Viewpoint
by Professor Charles Garraway

CONCLUSION

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

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