{"id":1014,"date":"1998-02-01T21:37:16","date_gmt":"1998-02-01T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2022-01-26T16:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:13:35","slug":"dueling-with-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/dueling-with-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Dueling with Uncertainty: the New Logic of American Military Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><span class=\"varPubSum\">by Carl Conetta and Charles Knight, February 1998. \u27aa <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/Dueling-with-Uncertainty.html\"> HTML<\/a> \u27aa <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Dueling-with-Uncertainty.pdf\"> PDF<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23594\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wild-card-e1643231205776.jpg\" alt=\"wild cards\" width=\"250\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pubPostType\"><span class=\"varPubSum\"> Examines how the new planning concepts and methods adopted by the Pentagon since 1992 have led to military requirements disproportionate to real threats and have supported overweening ambitions for the application of military power. 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