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STRATEGIC LANDPOWER AND A RESURGENT RUSSIA: AN OPERATIONAL APPROACH TO DETERRENCE

A U.S. Army War College Integrated Research Project in Support of: U.S. European Command and U.S. Army Europe

R. Reed Anderson
Patrick J. Ellis
Antonio M. Paz
Kyle A. Reed
Lendy Alamo Renegar
John T. Vaughan

May 2016

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The research team is indebted to many people for their incredible support and contributions to this project. First and foremost, the team is grateful to the projects sponsors, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commander, U.S. Army Europe, and Mr. Michael Ryan, U.S. European Command (EUCOM) J9, for the time they dedicated to initial discussions that set the direction of the work. The team is further grateful for the time, candor, and insights provided during the many hours of research discussions with the aforementioned staffs and organizations. The team is particularly indebted to the staff and faculty of the U.S. Army War College and the Strategic Studies Institute who served as our mentors, guides, and critical eyes as we developed, drafted, and refined this monograph. Finally, and most important to any endeavor, we are grateful for the understanding and dedicated support of our families who sacrificed time with us in order to allow us to complete our work. Behind every good soldier, sailor, airman, and marine is an even better family. To them we dedicate our work.