here are many questions about what the US will face in 21st Century warfare and how the US should best prepare for it. One consistent thread woven throughout debates on future US conflicts is the asymmetric nature of the threats 21st Century America will undoubtedly face. This is necessarily so because the US, as global superpower, has no peers on the world stage. There are also no signs of a peer military competitor in the near future. US capability to project and sustain its sizable combined air, land, sea power to anyplace on the globe are without equal. So what is the nature of this asymmetric threat? Much more than a capabilities imbalance (or the means of war), US involvement in any future conflict will be asymmetric because the very interests of the US dictate that the ends and ways of applying US military might will be quite different from those of any adversary it faces. Understanding the extent and nature of these asymmetries will serve the US well in preparing for, confronting and defeating future adversaries. This paper will review the range of asymmetries confronting the US and recommend what the US should do in order to best prepare to triumph over asymmetric threats. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
