Air Power, Insurgency and the "War on Terror"

Air Power, Insurgency and the
Author: Joel S.A. Hayward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Aerial warfare
ISBN: 9780955218965

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"...It is clear that air forces face unusual challenges in counter-insurgency wars and operations and that many of the concepts that underpin doctrines for using air power in conventional contexts are less applicable, at least without significant tailoring and increased requirements for flexibility and adaptability." -- Introd.


Air Power, Insurgency and the
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Joel S.A. Hayward
Categories: Aerial warfare
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-01 - Publisher:

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"...It is clear that air forces face unusual challenges in counter-insurgency wars and operations and that many of the concepts that underpin doctrines for usin
Airpower in Small Wars
Language: en
Pages: 536
Authors: James S. Corum
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:

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The use of airpower in wartime calls to mind the massive bombings of World War II, but airplanes have long been instrumental in small wars as well. Ever since i
Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era
Language: en
Pages: 205
Authors: Alan Vick
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Rand Corporation

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United States has engaged in counterinsurgency around the globe for more than a century. But insurgencies have rarely been defeated by outside powers. Rather, t
fighting the war on terror
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Michael Howard, James Corum
Categories: Counterinsurgency
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher:

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Front flap copy: Terrorists and insurgents, not foreign governments, now pose the greatest threat to America--and how to fight and defeat such "non-state" enemi
The New Counterinsurgency Era
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: David H. Ucko
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-02 - Publisher: Georgetown University Press

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Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to “re-learn” counterinsurgency. But how has the Departmen