The Future of Land Warfare

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Michael OHanlonoffers an analysis of the future of the worlds groundforces: Where are large-scale conflicts or othercatastrophes most plausible Which of these couldbe important enough to require the option of amilitary response And which of these couldin turn demand significant numbers of ground forces in their resolution OHanlon is notpredicting or advocating big US roles in suchoperationsonly cautioning against overconfidencethat we can and will avoid them.

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'His findings should be of particular interest to defence officials charged with the development of planning scenarios and the design of future forces. It might also help military and civilian officials examine critically the assumptions on which defence priorities and spending are based.'
-War, Conflict and the Military

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"Michael O'Hanlon is research director for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, where he specializes in defense policy. He has written extensively on Northeast Asian security and has traveled frequently to the war zones of the broader Middle East on research trips over the past decade."