Plan B
A Service-framed Examination of Economic Warfare
DOI: 10.56686/9798987849187
ABOUT THE BOOK
PLAN B: A Service-framed Examination of Economic Warfare is a report that is the result of a series of discussions that took place in the Commandant’s former Office of Net Assessment about U.S. thinking on the strategy and approaches applied to current military problems, specifically related to the challenge of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a possible, near-peer adversary. As part of a new series that explores alternative futures and understanding the future character of war, this report examined what might be the implications from a possible Sino-American conflict for the U.S. Marine Corps in terms of expanded roles and missions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Glossary of Select Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Challenge of Economic Warfare
Chapter 2. Anticipated Character of a Sino-American War
Chapter 3. Relative Strengths and Weaknesses: Assessing the Balance
Chapter 4. Why Blockade Oil?
Chapter 5. Potential Marine Corps Contributions to a Maritime Blockade
Chapter 6. Barriers to Implementation
Chapter 7. Recommendations
Appendices
Appendix 1. The Combat Development and Integration, Operations Analysis Directorate’s Study
Appendix 2. SLOC Deep Dive and Data Cards
Appendix 3. Oil Industry Basics
Appendix 4. SLOC Series of Wargames
Appendix 5. Historical Context 136
Annotated Bibliography
Index