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Very good. vii, [1], 279, [1] pages. Figures. Tables. Notes. This is the Air War College Studies in National Security No. 3. The Air War College Studies in National Security series was established as a forum for research on topics that influence the national security of the United States. Contents: 1 Principles of War for the Battlefield of the Future; Overview: New Era Warfare? A Revolution In Military Affairs? ; New-Era Warfare; The Revolution in Military Affairs; Overview: Future Airpower and Strategy Issues; Air Theory for the Twenty-First Century; Parallel War and Hyperwar: Is Every Want a Weakness? ; Overview: Information Warfare Issues; Information War-Cyberwar-Netwar; Information Warfare: Impacts and Concerns; Overview: Biological Warfare Issues; The Biological Weapon: A Poor Nation's Weapon of Mass Destruction; Twenty-First Century Germ Warfare; Biological Weapons for Waging Economic Warfare; and 11 On Twenty-First Century Warfare. The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school. Annually, we prepare about 250 resident and over 5, 000 nonresident senior students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment-emphasizing the employment of airpower in joint operations. Our success is indisputable and demonstrated by our prestigious alumni and faculty. This is a book about strategy and war fighting in the midst of a revolution in military affairs as the world moves into the twenty-first century. Its 11 essays examine topics such as military operations against a well-armed rogue state or NASTT (NBC-arming sponsor of terrorism and intervention) state; the potential of parallel warfare strategy for different kinds of states; the revolutionary potential of information warfare; the lethal possibilities of biological warfare; and the elements of an ongoing revolution in military affairs (RMA). The book's purpose is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies, and threats that will confront US national security decision makers in the twenty-first century. The participating authors are either professional military officers or civilian professionals who specialize in national security issues. Two of the architects of the US air campaign in the 1991 Gulf War have contributed essays that discuss the evolving utility of airpower to achieve decisive results and the lessons that might portend for the future of warfare.
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Good. vii, [1], 279, [1] pages. Cover has some creasing and small chips Includes Disclaimer, Acknowledgments, and About the Contributors. Also includes illustrations of Elements of the Present RMA, System Model, and China and Iraq--Comparative Sizes, as well as tables on System Attributes, US Offensive Biological Weapons Agents Produced Between 1954-1969, and Estimated Cumulative Losses to the US from Selected Non-indigenous Species, 1906-1991. Barry Schneider was associated with The Society for Military History, part of Encyclopedia Britannica's Publishing Partner Program. He was the Former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He was the author of and contributor to numerous books, including The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues. Lawrence E. Grinter was an Asian Historian and Professor for the U.S. Air Force Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, and was the editor of American War in Vietnam, among other studies of the Vietnam War. The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school. Annually, we prepare about 250 resident and over 5, 000 nonresident senior students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment-emphasizing the employment of airpower in joint operations. Our success is indisputable and demonstrated by our prestigious alumni and faculty. This is a book about strategy and war fighting in the midst of a revolution in military affairs as the world moves into the twenty-first century. The book's purpose is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies, and threats that will confront US national security decision makers in the twenty-first century. The authors are either professional military officers or civilian professionals who specialize in national security issues. Two of the architects of the US air campaign in the 1991 Gulf War have contributed essays that discuss the evolving utility of airpower to achieve decisive results and the lessons that might portend for the future of warfare.
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Good. Stamp on front cover. Previous owner's label inside front cover. Cover has some wear, soiling, and small scuff. vii, 279 p. 26 cm. Illustrations (some figures pasted in). Notes. This is Air War College Studies in National Security No. 3. The United States Air Force Air War College is the senior Air Force professional military school. Annually, we prepare about 250 resident and over 5, 000 nonresident senior students from all US military services, federal agencies, and 41 nations to lead in the strategic environment-emphasizing the employment of airpower in joint operations. Our success is indisputable and demonstrated by our prestigious alumni and faculty.