 | Seyom Brown - 2004 - 220 páginas
...in 1984 by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger ruling out the use of US forces in combat abroad "unless the particular engagement or occasion is deemed vital to our national interest and that of our allies." 24 The Clinton administration's criteria for employing US forces were also... | |
 | Stefan Halper, Jonathan Clarke - 2004 - 390 páginas
...troops." 74 The legacy from the Reagan years on force was encapsulated in Weinberger's "six tests": First, the United States should not commit forces...vital to our national interest or that of our allies. Second, if we decide it is necessary to put combat troops into a given situation we should do so wholeheartedly... | |
 | Sewall Menzel - 2006 - 381 páginas
...before employing US military forces in combat. They are as valid today as they were then and are: 1. The United States should not commit forces to combat...our national interest or that of our allies. . .. 2. If we decide it is necessary to put combat troops into a given situation, we should do so wholeheartedly... | |
 | Alan Stephens, Nicola Baker - 2006 - 314 páginas
...Caspar Weinberger, announced a new set of guidelines for the use offorce. From now on, Weinberger said, the United States should not commit forces to combat overseas unless the mission was deemed vital to US national interests or those of its allies. If the government decided... | |
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First, the United States should not commit forces to combat overseas unless the particular engagement or occasion is deemed vital to our national interest or that of our allies. 
