TY - BOOK AU - GOLDSMITH Sam TI - U.S. conventional access strategy PY - 2019/// KW - SOUTH CHINA SEA KW - ACCESS STRATEGY KW - UNITED STATES N2 - The United States military has three principle strategic objectives. First is to protect the U.S mainland and offshore U.S territories from armed attacks. Second is to foster a stable rules based global security order through an interconnected web of alliances and partnership. Third is to deter and if necessary decisively defeat aggressions through the projection of military power ER -