美国《外交》杂志2002年5-6月号刊登了美国国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德题为《改革美国军队》的文章,认为面对现在新的潜在威胁不断出现的形势,美国必须放弃不合时宜的同时打赢“两场大规模的战区战争”的构想,放弃“基本威胁”的旧战略,而采用“基于能力”的新战略。他倡导的从思维方式到武器装备全面改革美国军队的想法,由于牵涉到美军未来的发展方向,影响世界形势,本刊特转载以供读者借鉴。 In the May-June 2002 issue of U.S. Foreign Affairs magazine, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld published an article entitled “Reforming the U.S. Armed Forces,” arguing that the United States must abandon its out-of-date situation in the face of emerging new potential threats. While winning the conception of “two large-scale theater wars,” abandoning the old strategy of “basic threats” and adopting a new strategy of “capability-based”. He advocated the idea of ​​a comprehensive reform of the U.S. armed forces from a mode of thinking to arms and equipment. Since it involves the future direction of the U.S. military and affects the world situation, this article is specially reproduced for readers’ reference.