Mismatch: The “Bottom Up Review” and America’s Security Requirements in the New Era

A critical appraisal of the type of U.S. post-Cold War military planning found in the Pentagon’s Bottom Up Review.  Conetta finds that the Review attempts to hedge against the uncertainty of the future and the prospect of a future peer competitor with a force structure so large as to preclude investment in security tools more suitable to the new era. As an alternative, this testimony offers a sustainable force option for a core area coalition defense.