Pentagon wish list nears 110 billion in spending
As Melvin Laird prepares to become secretary of defense, a Joint Chiefs of Staff list outlines a defense build up between 100 and 310 billion dollars. The package includes expanded anti missile defense, a new long range bomber, larger shipbuilding, and upgrades across air, land, and sea forces, with Vietnam war costs shaping limiting actions.
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Crisis debates over U S role after Vietnam era
Civilian and military leaders weigh postwar U S strategy amid Waning Western power. They ask whether to keep overseas deployments or shift to smaller, rapid reaction forces based in the United States.
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