What kind of military will the nation need in the future? -- and at what cost? Americas large defense budget cannot realistically be pared in the years ahead. But given the extreme demands of the Iraq mission, particularly on the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, reductions in various weapons modernization programs and other economies might free up enough funds to add at least 40,000 more ground troops to todays military. Finally, the book sketches several possible new conflict scenarios that could occupy the American military in the years and decades ahead. Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era | 
