Cover -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- Chapter One -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter Two -- THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY -- The U.S. National Security Strategy -- Maintaining U.S. Preeminence -- Defeating Global Terrorism -- Defusing Regional Conflicts -- Preventing Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Developing Cooperative Action with the Main Centers of Global Power -- The National Military Strategy -- Operational Flexibility -- Power Projection -- Operational Freedom and Coalition Support -- Homeland Security -- Transformation -- The Army's Transformation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Three -- THE U.S. ARMY AND THE OFFENSIVE WAR ON TERRORISM -- Introduction -- The Look of Things to Come -- Elements of the Offensive War on Terrorism -- Dealing with Unprecedented Threats and Uncertainty -- Affecting the International Environment: More People in More Places for More Time -- Enhancing Rapid Strike Capabilities: The Need for New Combinations of Combat Power and High Responsiveness -- What Does It Mean for the U.S. Army? -- Managing Expanding/Repetitive Deployments -- Modifying Tools in the Offensive Strike Arsenal -- The Need for Revised Overseas Basing, Prepositioning, and Support -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Four -- DEFINING THE ARMY'S HOMELAND SECURITY NEEDS -- Introduction -- Providing for Homeland Security -- The Army's Approach to Homeland Security -- Homeland Security Environment: New and Uncertain -- Estimating the Army's Homeland Security Needs -- The Method.......................................... -- Homeland Security Tasks -- Aggregate Homeland Security Requirements -- Structuring the Army for Homeland Security -- Implications of Homeland Security Requirements for Other Army Missions -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter Five.

THE SHIFT TO ASIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. LAND POWER -- U.S. Interests and Alliances in the Asia-Pacific -- The Asian Operating Environment -- Possible Security Challenges in Asia -- Implications for the U.S. Army -- Rapid Deployment -- Forcible Entry -- Defeat Antiaccess Strategies -- Minimize Sustainment Needs -- Forward-Deployed Forces -- Prepositioned Equipment -- Multipurpose Forces -- Building Ties with Militaries in Asia -- Ground Force Capabilities in Asian Contingencies -- Conclusion: The Hardest Change of All -- References -- Chapter Six -- PREPARING FOR COALITION OPERATIONS -- Lessons Learned from Past Coalitions -- Coalitions Vary Tremendously in Their Size and Structure -- The Technology Gap Is Increasing -- Most Partners Lack Deployability and Sustainability -- Coalitions Rely Heavily on Liaison Teams -- Intelligence Sharing Remains a Constant Problem -- Military Planners Must Account for Political Requirements -- Recommendations for the Future -- Institutionalize an Army Liaison Capability -- Include Realistic Coalition Participation in Wargames -- Incorporate Coalition Support Requirements into Transformation Planning -- Develop a Database of Coalition-Ready Forces -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Seven -- TRANSFORMATION AND THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF JOINTNESS: LESSONS FOR THE ARMY FROM THE PERSIAN GULF, KOSOVO, AND AFGHANISTAN -- Introduction -- The Move Toward Jointness at the End of the Vietnam War -- Goldwater-Nichols -- The Development of AirLand Battle Doctrine -- Jointness and the Campaigns of the Post-Cold War Era: The Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, and Afghanistan -- The Gulf War -- Jointness After the Gulf War -- Operation Allied Force: The Kosovo Campaign -- Afghanistan -- Army Transformation and Jointness -- Where Does the Army Go From Here? -- The Army Must Rethink the Nature of the Modern Battlefield.

The Army Must Reform Its Combat Structure to Become Part of the Joint Force -- The Army Must Rethink the IBCT -- Final Note -- References -- Chapter Eight -- PREPARING THE ARMY FOR JOINT OPERATIONS -- Promoting "Jointness" -- Service Rivalry -- Systemic Changes -- Joint Control of Forces -- Current Doctrine -- The Predominant Service -- Control Measures -- Forming Joint Task Forces -- Standing Joint Task Force Headquarters -- An Expeditionary Army -- Forcible Entry -- From the Air -- From the Sea -- Options for Using a Medium-Weight Force -- Air-Land Operations -- Contrast of Kosovo with Afghanistan -- Doctrine for Air-Land Operations -- The Special Operations Paradigm -- Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses -- Partnerships Across All Operations -- Tactical Partnership -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Nine -- MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE FIGHT -- Introduction -- The Army's Deployment Goals -- Implications of the New Army Deployment Goals -- Designing the Future Army Around Airlift -- Airlift Allocation -- Maximum on Ground and Port Capacity -- Army Deployment Goals Compared to Programmed Airlift -- The Strategic Mobility Triad -- Airlift -- Prepositioning -- Sealift -- Future Strategic Mobility: The Case of the SBCT -- Airlifting the SBCT -- Sealifting the SBCT -- Possible Deployment Enhancements -- High-Speed Ships -- More Airlift -- Increased Use of Prepositioning -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Ten -- TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE: THE FUTURE OF ARMY PERSONNEL -- Recruiting the Right Talent -- Managing Assignment and Deployment -- The Effect of Deployment on Retention -- Managing Personnel and Unit Readiness -- Cost-Effective Training -- Compensating and Supporting Soldiers and Families -- Pay Comparability -- Retaining Families -- Compensation and Support in the Reserve Components -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Eleven.

MAKING THE POWER PROJECTION ARMY A REALITY -- Strategies for Shrinking the Logistics Footprint -- The Strategy of Demand Reduction -- The Strategy of Modular Support -- The Strategy of Distribution-Based Logistics -- Extending These Strategies -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Twelve -- RESOURCING THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ARMY -- Has Strategy Driven Funding? -- Changing Strategic Planning -- Resource Allocation Effects of Changing Strategic Planning -- How Much Funding Might the Army Get? -- Past Patterns -- Too Much or Too Little? -- What Mix of Forces? -- Army Funding Prospects to 2010 -- What Are the Resourcing Impacts of Terrorist Attacks? -- Global War on Terrorism -- Homeland Security -- Force Protection -- Budget Implications of the Global War on Terrorism -- Is the Army Transformation Affordable? -- Affordability Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Thirteen -- REFINING ARMY TRANSFORMATION -- The Search for Faster Deployment -- Designing a Full-Spectrum Force -- Turbulence and Small Deployments -- And What About the Reserves? -- The Push for More Jointness -- Fighting in Coalitions -- Paying for It All -- Conclusion -- References.