Alternative futures and Army force planning : (Record no. 596857)
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| control field | 20200811100747.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2005001399 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0833037447 (pbk.) |
| 027 ## - STANDARD TECHNICAL REPORT NUMBER | |
| Standard technical report number | RAND/MG-219-A |
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| System control number | (Sirsi) o57514883 |
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| Terms of availability | $22.00 |
| Form of issue | paperback |
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| Original cataloging agency | CstmoR |
| Transcribing agency | CstmoR |
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| Geographic area code | n-us--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | UA25 |
| Item number | .N5 2005 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nichiporuk, Brian, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1966- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Alternative futures and Army force planning : |
| Remainder of title | implications for the future force era / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Brian Nichiporuk. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Santa Monica, CA : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | RAND, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 111 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
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| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media Type Term | computer |
| Media Type Code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Media Type Term | unmediated |
| Media Type Code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier Type Term | online resource |
| Carrier Type Code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
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| Carrier Type Term | volume |
| Carrier Type Code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "All of the research for this monograph was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program"--Preface. |
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| General note | "RAND Arroyo Center." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- Project Methodology -- Future Trends and the Creation of Alternative Futures -- Describing the Alternative Futures -- Implications for Army Force Planning -- Some Final Thoughts. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | To help the U.S. Army with force planning for the 2025 era, this study uses the tool of alternative futures analysis. It bounds the future the Army will face by laying out a representative spectrum of different "future worlds" that hopefully illustrate the complete universe of future missions. By mixing and matching possible trends across five key areas (geopolitics, economics, demographics, technology, and environment), six alternative futures are created: "U.S. unipolarity" and "democratic peace" (best cases), "major competitor rising" and "competitive multipolarity" (medium-good cases), "transnational web" (medium-bad case), and "chaos/anarchy" (worst case). After explaining the main features of each future, the study creates an appropriate "Army type" for each, through a three-step process: (1) a representative combat scenario was created for each future, (2) the strategies-to-tasks methodology was used to set out the raw capabilities needed for a given scenario, and (3) the force characteristics and size required to meet the needs presented in the capability statements were formulated. All the needed characteristics were then bundled together to form a basic Army type for a given future. The report concludes with a review and discussion of the common desired characteristics found across the six types. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army |
| General subdivision | Personnel management. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army |
| General subdivision | Reorganization. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Military planning |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | United States |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Chronological subdivision | 2001- |
| General subdivision | Forecasting. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Arroyo Center. |
| Subordinate unit | Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Rand Corporation. |
| 710 1# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Link text | Online Access |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG219/">http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG219/</a> |
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