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

Cover title.

Prepared for the United States Air Force.

MR-1314.

Includes bibliographical references.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carl Dahlman and David Thaler.