The document is known in pentagon parlance as the defense planning guidance. Strategy plan calls for insuring no rivals develop a onesuperpower world. Lewis libby, paul wolfowitz, and zalmay khalilzad, is widely regarded as an early formulation of the neoconservatives postcold war agenda, laying out a series economic and military objectives that were intended to ensure a u. The 1992 draft defense planning guidance dpg, crafted by then defense department staffers i. In essence, perles policy proposal is an update of fellow neoconservative paul wolfowitz s defense planning guide see february 18, 1992, which had so horrified clinton and bush officials.
Draft defense planning guidance, written by paul wolfowitz, lewis libby, and zalmay khalilzad at the direction of. But netanyahu is clearly pleased with the proposal. The defense planning guidance nicole linked this article up once before, but i think it merits its own post. Not intended for public release, it was leaked to the new york times on march 7, 1992, and sparked a public controversy about u. Wolfowitz doctrine is an unofficial name given to the initial version of the defense planning guidance for the 199499 fiscal years dated february 18, 1992 published by us under secretary of defense for policy paul wolfowitz and his deputy scooter libby. The making of the cheney regional defense strategy, 19911992. The document is known in pentagon parlance as the defense planning guidance, an internal administration policy statement that is distributed to the military leaders and civilian defense department. This document that was leaked to the ny times back in 1992, explains. The document is known in pentagon parlance as the defense planning guidance, an internal administration policy statement that is distributed to the. Excerpts from 1992 draft defense planning guidance the. The key aspects of neoconservative influence on the u. Approval draft of the defense planning guidanceaction. Wolfowitz to secretary of defense and deputy secretary of defense, approval draft of the defense planning guidance action memorandum, circa may 19, with attached memoranda on defense planning guidance major comments received, dated may 5 and may, 1992, secret, excised copy. Pdf the key aspects of neoconservative influence on the.