An American first approach to U.S. national security / Fred Fleitz, editor

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Fred Fleitz -- 1. Defining the America First Approach to U.S. National Security / Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Keith Kellogg -- 2. America First and the Use of U.S. Military Force / Congressman Michael Waltz -- 3. There Can Be No America First Without the Shield of the Armed Forces / Robert Wilkie -- 4. America First and Homeland Security / Chad Wolf and Robert Law -- 5. America First, Russia, and Ukraine / Lt. General (Ret.) Keith Kellogg and Fred Fleitz -- 6. Communist China: A Singular Threat and a Comprehensive Challenge for America First Security Policy / Stephen Yates and Adam Savit -- 7. America First, Israel, and the Middle East / Ellie Cohanim -- 8. America First, NATO, and U.S Alliances: Why America First is Not Isolationism / Morgan Ortagus -- 9. Bad Trade Policy Endangers American National Security / Robert Lighthizer -- 10. Energy Security is National Security: America First and the Importance of an American Energy Powerhouse / Rick Perry and Sam Buchan -- 11. The America First Approach to U.S. National Security Requires Fixing America's Intelligence Community / Sam Faddis -- 12. The Right Team, Prepared to Meet Global Challenges and an Emboldened Administrative State / Doug Hoelscher and Michael Rigas

U.S. national security is a subject that has been under intense scrutiny since the end of the Cold War. What constitutes such security for the United States as this country approaches the new century? Are the ends, ways, and means of our national security and national military strategies sufficient to provide for the nation's future? And above all, as this country celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Security Act of 1947, are the institutions that resulted from that act still sufficient for the post-Cold War era? With these questions in mind, the Strategic Studies Institute and Dickinson College's Clarke Center co-sponsored the series of lectures on American national security after the Cold War which are contained in this volume. The lectures take four different, yet complementary, perspectives. Professor Ronald Steel reminds us of the intellectual revolution embodied in the act that moved America from the concept of "defense" to one of "national security" and relates this concept to our attempts to define post-Cold War national security interests. Dr. Lawrence Korb reviews the evolution in our national security establishment since the 1947 act. Dr. Morton Halperin's focus is the continuing tension between secrecy in the name of national security and the openness required in a democratic society, with a commentary on continuing threats to civil liberties. In the concluding essay, Ambassador Robert Ellsworth surveys the key strategic challenges facing the United States as we enter the 21st century.