"The U.S. military faces a dramatic rebalancing among its services. As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have waned, an era of budget austerity has emerged and the U.S. strategic focus has shifted toward the Pacific, American air and sea power have become more prominent while Landpower has diminished. What is the future of U.S. Landpower? Within American grand strategy, the overarching objective orienting all the means at the nation's disposal, what role should ground forces play? This volume offers an authoritative set of responses to these questions, from a variety of leading experts in international relations and security studies"--Publisher's web site.

"December 2014." Format not distributed to depository libraries.

Introduction / Hugh Liebert -- Part I. American grand strategy. The rise of China and the decline of the U.S. Army / John Mearsheimer -- American grand strategy and the future of landpower in historic context / Scott A. Silverstone -- Reconsidering American power / Isaiah Wilson III -- The military power to deter, defend, enforce, and pacify / Huba Wass de Czege -- Part II. Force planning and the U.S. Army. Strategy and force planning in a time of austerity / Michael J. Meese -- Strategic means : building an Army for an era of strategic uncertainty / Douglas Macgregor -- Rebalancing land forces in the United Kingdom and Australia / Matthew Cavanaugh -- Maintaining and modernizing the force in periods of reduced resources / Conrad Crane -- The Army in times of Austerity / Michael J. Meese -- Translating strategic ends into means / Kerry J. Schindler -- New challenges for the U.S. Army / David W. Barno and Nora Bensahel -- Part III. Future missions. Shaping strategies : geopolitics and the U.S. Army / Richard Rosecrance -- Offshore balancing or overbalancing? A preliminary empirical analysis of the effect of U.S. troop presence on the political behavior of regional partners / Jordan Becker -- Europe, landpower, and their importance in U.S. grand strategy / Seth A. Johnston -- Prevent, shape, win in context : the Asia-Pacific / Albert S. Willner -- Pivoting without stumbling in Asia / Joseph Da Silva and Douglas Ollivant -- Back to reality : why landpower trumps in the national rebalance toward Asia / Robert Chamberlain -- Prevent, shape, win in context : the central region / Isaiah Wilson III -- Strategy and landpower on the continent of Africa / John Baskerville -- Adjusting the paradigm : human security as a strategic approach toward stability, counterterrorism, and military effectiveness / Andrew Gallo and Cindy Jebb -- Landpower in the cyber domain / Suzanne C. Nielsen. Part IV. Human capital. The human domain : leader development / Nadia Schadlow -- From swords to ploughshares : Veterans Affairs and U.S. grand strategy / Daniel M. Gade -- Conclusions / Joseph Da Silva and Cindy Jebb.