The Air University Review, published bimonthly in English and quarterly in Spanish and Portuguese, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force and is designed to serve as an open forum for presenting and stimulating innovative thinking on military doctrine, strategy, tactics, force structure, readiness, and other national defense matters. The views and opinions expressed or implied in the Review are those of the authors and should not be construed as carrying the official sanction of the Department of Defense, the Air Force, Air University, or other agencies or departments of the U.S.government. May-June 1986 Vol. XXXVII No. 4 AFRP 50-2 43 52 60 70 Selective Involvement and Strategic Mobility Dr. Robert L. Wendzel and Col. James L. True, Jr., USAF Ira C. Eaker Essay Competition Third-Prize Winner Tactical Airlift Tactics and Doctrine: More Carts, More Horses Deterrence in the High-Technology Era: A Speculative Forecast Col. Thomas A. Cardwell III, USAF SELECTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND implement this strategy against a growing proliferation of threats, U.S. tactics and force structure require some changes. Reduced forward deployments and increased strategic mobility are some of those changes. As always, we must understand how things came to be what they are before we can reasonably argue about how the nation should be preparing for the future. Thus, we must begin by analyzing the conceptual base for policy developed during the 1947-68 period and trace the evolution of conventional forces strategy, including the Carter legacy and the Reagan approach. Only then can we look intelligently |