O'Hanlon (senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution) presents an overall assessment of the military needs of US global "defense" strategies, echoing recent calls to increase the number of uniformed forces, including "stabilization" forces. With significant attention paid to budgetary concerns, he analyzes the costs and benefits of various military options, including reinstatement of the draft, increasing the capacity of allied military forces, and scaling back on overly ambitious weapons modernization programs. He also considers some of the possible conflict scenarios that may arise in the future and the demands they will place on the military. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)