02520nam a2200433 i 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054020003800095020002700133040003500160035002100195043001200216050002200228082002000250100002500270245006700295264004500362300008300407336002100490337002300511338003200534500004800566500005900614504005700673505064100730588004701371590014701418650004001565651003801605651005201643651003601695655002201731776017801753797001201931856012601943999001702069ebr10818056CaPaEBRm     o  d        cr cn|||||||||121113s2012    cauab   ob    000 0 eng|d  z9780833076960 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780833079084 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRbengerdaepncCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)875239381  an-us---14aUA23b.P49 2012eb04a355/.0330732231 aPettyjohn, Stacie L.10aU.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 /cStacie L. Pettyjohn. 1aSanta Monica, California :bRAND,c2012.  a1 online resource (145 pages) :billustrations (some color), maps (some color)  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  a"Prepared for the United States Air Force."  a"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 111-124).0 aFramework for U.S. posture -- Extent of the U.S. overseas military presence -- Operational orientation of American forces -- Continental defense, 1783-1815 -- Continental defense and commercialism, 1815-1898 -- Transition period, 1898-1905 -- Oceanic posture -- Hemispheric defense (hemispheric anti-access/area denial) -- Perimeter defense in-depth, 1943-1949 -- Consolidated defense-in-depth -- Transitioning from perimeter defense-in-depth to consolidated defense-in-depth -- Expeditionary defense-in-depth -- Comparing the GDPR to perimeter defense-in-depth -- Findings and recommendations -- Recommendations -- Concluding thoughts.  aDescription based on print version record.  aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aMilitary bases, AmericanxPlanning. 0aUnited StatesxDefensesxHistory. 0aUnited StatesxArmed ForceszForeign countries. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary policy. 0aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aPettyjohn, Stacie L.tU.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011.dSanta Monica, California : RAND, 2012hxx, 124 pages ; 23 cmz9780833076960w(DLC)  20120457072 aebrary.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10818056zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c78416d78416