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Strategic appraisal : United States air and space power in the 21st century / edited by Zalmay Khalilzad, Jeremy Shapiro.

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Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

Santa Monica : RAND project Air Force, 2002.

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xxviii, 481 p. : maps ; 30 cm.

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ISBN:

833029541

Subjects--Topical Terms:

United States. Air Force.
Air power – United States.
Astronautics, Military – United States.
World politics – 21st century.

Class. No:

UG 633 .S77 2002 + /PDF/(2.57MB)

Accession No:

21259 21260

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Cover title.

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Prepared for the United States Air Force.

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MR-1314.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Contents: Preface—Figures—Tables—Acknowledgments—Abbreviations—Chapter 1. Introduction : the price of success

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Jeremy Shapiro—Part I. The geopolitical context for aerospace power—Chapter 2. Forces for what ? geopolitical context and air force capabilities

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Zalmay Khalilzad, David Ochmanek, and Jeremy Shapiro—Chapter 3. The future of U.S. coercive airpower

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Daniel L. Byman, Matthew C. Waxman, and Jeremy Shapiro—Part II. Where does the USAF need to go?—Chapter 4. Modernizing the combat forces : near-term options Donald Stevens, John Gibson, and David Ochmanek—Chapter 5. Space challenges

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Bob Preston and John Baker—Chapter 6. U.S. military opportunities : information warfare concepts of operation

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Brian Nichiporuk—Chapter 7. Nuclear weapons and U.s. national security strategy for a new century

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Glenn Buchan—Chapter 8. Countering weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles

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Richard F. Mesic—Part III. Supporting future forces—Chapter 9. Providing adequate access for expeditionary aerospace forces

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David Shlapak—Chapter 10. A vision for an evolving agile combat support system

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Robert Tripp and C. Robert Roll, Jr.—Chapter 11. Strategic sourcing in the air force

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Frank Camm—Chapter 12. Ready for war but not for peace : the apparent paradox of military preparedness

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Carl Dahlman and David Thaler.