ABSTRACT
This book, based on information consolidated to cover the calendar years 1978 and 1979, assesses the power of nations in the international context as a basis for planning American defense and foreign policy. It suggests a realistic way of thinking about the balance of power in the 1980s.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|28 pages
Concept and Methodology
part II|146 pages
Assessment of the Power of Nations
chapter Chapter Five|25 pages
Military Capability: The Strategic Force Balance Pp = (C + E + M) × (S + W)
chapter Chapter Six|24 pages
Military Capability: The Conventional Force Balance Pp = (C + E + M) × (S + W)
part III|25 pages
U.S. Grand Strategy and Foreign Policy for the 1980s