Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower : An Introduction /

Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower will introduce readers to contemporary strategy and the operational-level of war, particularly as it relates to airpower. This intermediate textbook was developed as foundational reading for all US Air Force Academy cadets, and it is designed to clos...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McCaskey, Kevin (Editor), Fowler, Michael W., 1971- (Editor), Burke, Ryan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force.
États-Unis. > Air Force.
Unified operations (Military science)
Strategy.
Air warfare.
Air power.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Operations interarmes (Science militaire)
Strategie.
Guerre aerienne.
Forces aeriennes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to contemporary strategy
  • Introduction to Part I / Kevin McCaskey
  • Defining contemporary military strategy / Thomas Drohan
  • Strategic foundations / John T. Farquhar
  • Operational design : one method of reconciling ends, ways, and means / Ryan Burke
  • The ways of war : constructing a compellence strategy / Michael Fowler
  • Capabilities that generate effects / Kevin McCaskey
  • Airpower strategy and levels of effects
  • Introduction to Part II / Thomas Swaim
  • Airpower for strategic effect : classic to contemporary airpower theory / John T. Farquhar
  • Multi-domain airpower strategy : integrating air, space, and cyber / Jahara W. Matisek
  • Intelligence, ISR, and strategy / Michael Fowler
  • Air, space, and cyber effects
  • Introduction to part III / Michael Martindale
  • Global precision engagement / Dan Hoadley
  • Rapid global mobility and agile combat support / Kevin McCaskey
  • Airpower and irregular war : a battle of ideas / John T. Farquhar
  • Space power / Michael Martindale
  • Offense and defense in cyberspace / Evan Perkoski and Michael Poznansky
  • Defense organization and the joint operating environment
  • Introduction to Part IV / Ryan Burke
  • Goldwater-Nichols and the evolution of the joint force / Brent Talbot
  • Roles and missions of the armed services / Brian Drohan
  • Special operations / Michael Golembesky
  • Contemporary challenges in the application of strategy
  • Introduction to part V / Michael Fowler
  • Flawed reasoning and bias in decision making / Laura Resnick-Samotin
  • Unmanned aerial systems / Kevin McCaskey
  • Expanding DOD missions and mission creep / Ryan Burke
  • Constructing effects : a strategic theory of security cooperation / Michael Fowler
  • Hybrid warfare : the end of conventional wars in the 21st century? / William Reno
  • Innovation & organizational politics / Justin Canfil
  • Analyzing ISIS in the contemporary environment / Iris Malone
  • Conclusion / Ryan Burke.

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