Gen. Clark: U.S., Allies Need New Strategic Thinking In Post-Cold War World

By Thomas Duffy / June 8, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The United States and its allied partners need to develop new strategic thinking for conflicts in the post-Cold War world that rejects the notion that conflicts will lead to nuclear war and relies on the most decisive use of force used as quickly as possible, former NATO Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark said today. In a speech delivered at the Brookings Institute, Clark said the prevalent thinking during the Cold War was that military conflicts would inevitably escalate to the...

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