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ID	104331
Title Proper	How to last alone at the top
Other Title Information	US strategic planning for the unipolar era
Language	ENG
Author	Homolar, Alexandra
Summary / Abstract (Note)	US Military Power Post-Cold War US Defence Policy Major Theatre Wars Unipolar Era
`In' analytical Note	Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 34, No. 2; Apr 2011: p189-217
Journal Source	Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 34, No. 2; Apr 2011: p189-217
Key Words	This article investigates how key actors within the US defence policy community realigned their interests to forge a new consensus on the redirection of US defence strategy following the 'peace shock' they faced with the collapse of bipolarity. This consensus centred on the idea that achieving US security in the 'age of uncertainty' demanded overwhelming US military power, which was widely interpreted as necessitating military capabilities to fight multiple major theatre wars simultaneously against regional 'Third World' adversaries. This helped to preserve many of the principal pillars of US Cold War defence policy through deflecting calls for more radical organisational changes and deeper cuts to defence budgets. ; This article investigates how key actors within the US defence policy community realigned their interests to forge a new consensus on the redirection of US defence strategy following the ‘peace shock’ they faced with the collapse of bipolarity. This