TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levine,Robert A.
ED  - Project Air Force (U.S.).
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - Keeping U.S. troops in Europe: the real reason why 
T2  - A RAND note
SN  - 0833017160
AV  - UA23 .L48 1990
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Deployment (Strategy)
KW  - Military assistance, American
KW  - Europe
KW  - Strategic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Military policy
N1  - "September 1990."; This research was conducted "under the National Security Strategies Program of RAND's Project Air Force"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references; Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - The political capability to keep U.S. troops in Europe is suffering from the collapse of the explicit military rationale that has been used to support those forces: the need to deter and defend against a massive Soviet attack against Western Europe. The likelihood of such an all-out attack has been decreasing steadily for a long time; it is clearly close to zero now. For many years, the real reasons for the U.S. presence have been far broader than this expressed rationale, and the U.S.  troop presence remains important to American interests for the same reasons. This Note explores this basic need for a continuing presence of U.S. troops in Europe to support continued U.S. interests, including (1) defense against military threats smaller than a massive Soviet attack, or stemming from a reversal of current favorable Soviet trends; (2) continuation of the favorable Soviet trends; (3) stability--rapid removal of U.S. troops could substitute revived suspicions and rivalries for hopes and cooperation; (4) continued democratization of Eastern Europe, which remains an American ideological as well as strategic interest; (5) U.S. prosperity, which is closely connected to European prosperity; and (6) the voice in many European economic, political, and security matters that the U.S. troop presence gives the United States
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3085/
ER  -