Dan Goure
Security,
The U.S. can no longer take its dominance as a given
Once upon a time, the U.S. was the world’s sole military superpower. Commentators coined the phrase “the American way of war.” This term referred primarily to the employment of superior air and space capabilities to dominate the initial period of hostilities and determine their course and outcome. In fact, the U.S. military was dominant in virtually every domain of warfare for more than two decades.
The U.S. can no longer take its dominance as a given. While the U.S. military was focused on and invested in counter-terrorist/counter-insurgency warfare, …read more
Source: The National Interest
