The plan shows bushs cabinet intended to take military control of the gulf region whether or not saddam hussein was in power. The pnacs seminal report, rebuilding americas defences. A report of the project for the new american century september 2000. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theatre wars as a core mission. The document, entitled rebuilding americas defences. The think tank called itself the project for the new american century, and it developed a document that was titled rebuilding americas defenses. From its inception, the project has been concerned with the decline in the strength of america s defenses, and in the problems this would create for the exercise. Rebuilding americas defenses pnac military strategy national. Much of the defense policy implemented by the bush administration was defined in a single report issued in 1998 by the project for the new american century pnac. Were storing a copy of a pdf version of the entire resolution 1636 here at.
Strategies, forces and resources for a new century. In september 2000, the pnac group released a document titled. Project for the new american century rebuilding americas defenses, p. The rebuilding americas defenses document really does have it all. The major similarities between rebuilding americas defenses and the national. Bill kristol was chairman and cofounder of pnac, and one of the principle writers of rebuilding americas defenses. The project for the new american century pnac was established in 1997 by a number of leading neoconservative writers and pundits to advocate aggressive u. Strategies, forces and resources for a new century, was written in september 2000 by the neoconservative thinktank project for the new american century pnac. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century a report of the project for the new american century september 2000. Rebuilding americas defenses the pnacs plan for a unipolar world backup copy. Rebuilding america s defenses a summary blueprint of the pnac plan for u. Rebuilding americas defenses iran, iraq, north korea, research materials, syria the pnacs rebuilding americas defenses position paper can be found in.
Rebuilding americas defenses pnac free download as pdf file. Rebuilding americas defenses, a 2000 report by the project for the new american century, listed 27 people as having attended meetings or contributed papers in preparation of the report. Anyone interested can search the pdf for pearl harbor no quotes to find the oftcited admission that such an event would speed their plans along. Strategies, forces and resources for a new century, reveals that the current members of bushs cabinet had already planned, before the 2000 presidential election, to take military control of the gulf region whether saddam hussein is. Pnac is not the only neoconservative think tank, and think tanks alone.
Some people have compared it to hitlers publication of mein kampf, which was ignored until after the war was over. Project for the new american century rebuilding america s defenses, p. Strategies, forces, and resources for a new century 2000, which lists as project chairmen donald kagan and gary schmitt and as principal author thomas donnelly, quotes from the pnacs june 1997 statement of. Download this must read document released just one short year before the tragic events of september 11th. Citing the pnacs 1997 statement of principles, rebuilding americas defenses asserted that the united states should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by. In september 2000 pnac released rebuilding americas defenses a report that promotes the belief that america should seek to preserve and. The project for the new american century gothinkblog. This report was titled rebuilding americas defenses. And yes, it basically admits to creating a false flag event in order to create pretext for war. Strategies, forces, and resources for a new century. Rebuilding americas defenses rebuilding americas defenses. Many critics also claim that the pnac believed this new pearl harbor would justify war on iraq, but there is no evidence in the report to back up this assertion. Rebuilding americas defenses strategy, forces and resources for a new century, in which the group discusses the need for the u. Rebuilding americas defensesstrategy, forces and resources for a new century sep 2000 download full pdf.
Pnac has been pushing for regime change in iraq since 1997, and their members include jeb bush, dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, paul wolfowitz, john. The first document was written as a suggestion to american foreign policy makers on how to. Rebuilding americas defenses and the projectfor the new american century published on oct 15, 2011 911 was a inside job our government perpetrated this terrorist act to take our freedoms and in. Rebuilding americas defenses and the project for the. Rebuilding americas defenses rad is a policy document published by a neoconservative washington think tank called the project for the new american century pnac. Rebuilding americas defenses report from the pnac site circa 2004 and later posted at the link below. Rebuilding americas defenses strategy, forces and resources for a new century. The report describes american armed forces abroad as the cavalry on the new american frontier. Its pages have been compared to hitlers mein kampf in that they outline an aggressive military. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Tj templeton, founder project for the old american century once upon a time in an office rented to them by the american heritage foundation, a group of powerful men directly connected to the halls of the capital and the defense and energy industry formed a fringe rightwing organization based loosely on the teachings of leo.
This pnac report outlined the plan for achieving what they call pax americana, calling for significant defense spending increases and the use of force to secure global hegemony and create a global american empire. One of the pnacs most influential publications was a 90page report titled rebuilding americas defenses. Project for the new american century militarist monitor. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century offprint by thomas donnelly author isbn. Rebuilding americas defenses pnac military strategy. The pnacs rebuilding americas defenses position paper can be found in pdf form at the pnac site, or here at our site.
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The political, intellectual, and strategic roots of the. Project for the new american century letter sent to president william jefferson clinton. A report of the project for the new american century september 2000 some key paragraphs prescient and oftquoted pre911 falseflag justification piece. Citing the pnac s 1997 statement of principles, rebuilding america s defenses asserted that the united states should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by. One of the pnac s most influential publications was a 90page report titled rebuilding america s defenses. Among them are six who have since assumed key defense and foreign policy positions in the bush administration. Project for the new american century pnac all about them. The rebuilding americas defenses document really does. Half of the members became part of the bush administration and the rest continued on in some position of power, mostly within the national security. The report became an apparent blueprint for president bushs foreign policy. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century i introduction the project for the new american century was established in the spring of 1997. Maintaining personal reading logs can help you track and keep a record of your favorite books that you might have read in the past or.
United states foreign policy and national identity in the 21st century pdf. The fundamental essence of pnacs ideology can be found in a white paper produced in september of 2000 entitled rebuilding americas defenses. September of 2000 entitled rebuilding americas defenses. Rebuilding americas defenses and the projectfor the new. Page 63 is where it says, and i quote, further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event like a new pearl harbor. Their published and publicly available document rebuilding americas defenses, they map out the grand chessboard of their plans and curiously state.
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