Preparing for Asymmetry: As Seen Through the Lens of Joint Vision 2020

Authors

Melissa Applegate Ms.

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Description

Since the mid-1990s, the concept of strategic asymmetry has begun to receive serious attention from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review, for instance, stated, "U.S. dominance in the conventional military arena may encourage adversaries to use…asymmetric means to attack our forces and interests overseas and Americans at home." But while American strategists and defense leaders sense the importance of strategy asymmetry, much analytical work remains to be done before it is fully understood. The author assesses the revisions to Joint Vision 2020, DOD's roadmap to the future, that must be undertaken in order to prepare for asymmetric challenges.

Publication Date

9-1-2001

Keywords

Asymmetry; 2020; Applegate; Strategic Futures; QDR; Fabian; tactics; asymmetric approaches; overwhelming force; war without rules

Recommended Citation

Melissa Applegate Ms., Preparing for Asymmetry: As Seen Through the Lens of Joint Vision 2020 ( US Army War College Press, 2001),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/56