TY  - BOOK
TI  - Strategic appraisal : United States air and space power in the 21st century / edited by Zalmay Khalilzad, Jeremy Shapiro
SN  - 833029541
U1  - UG 633 .S77  2002  + /PDF/(2.57MB)  
CY  - Santa Monica : RAND project Air Force, 2002.
KW  - United States. Air Force
KW  - Air power – United States
KW  - Astronautics, Military – United States
KW  - World politics – 21st century
N1  - 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
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