Colonel (Retired) John R. Martin

A Nation at War Seventeenth Annual Strategy Conference Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania April 11-13, 2006 - Conference Report Colonel (Retired) John R. Martin

The U. S. Army War College (USAWC) Strategy Conference each year addresses a major security issue of relevance to the United States and its allies. Recognizing that the ultimate symbol of the nation's commitment is "boots on the ground," the USAWC focuses the Strategy Conference on the subject's implications for ground power. The conference brings together top national security strategists, senior military leaders, media, university faculty, and the policymaking community to consider, discuss, and debate topics concerning America's national security strategy. The 2006 conference was designed to help frame vital questions that offer insights on the conference theme: "A Nation at War." The phrase "A Nation at War" evokes images of mobilization of the nation's resources: military surely, but also the government, industry, and the population. Thus far in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), though, the mobilization has not been on the scale seen in past "global" wars.