Strategic Appraisal: United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century

Table of contents

• Title Page *
• Preface iii
• Contents v
• Figures xiii
• Tables xvii
• Acknowledgments xix
• Abbreviations xxi
• Chapter One - Introduction: the Price of Success 1
• Part I - The Geopolitical Context for Aerospace Power 13
• Chapter Two - Forces for What? Geopolitical Context and Air Force Capabilities 15
• References *
• Chapter Three - The Future of U.S. Coercive Airpower 51
• References *
• Part II - Where Does the USAF Need to Go? 83
• Chapter Four - Modernizing the Combat Forces: Near-Term Options 85
• References *
• Chapter Five - Space Challenges 143
• References *
• Chapter Six - U.S. Military Opportunities: Information-Warfare Concepts of Operation 187
• References 222
• Chapter Seven - Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security Strategy for a New Century 225
• Bibliography 274
• Chapter Eight - Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Ballistic Missiles 283
• Bibliography 341
• Part III - Supporting Future Forces 343
• Chapter Nine - Providing Adequate Access for Expeditionary Aerospace Forces 345
• References *
• Chapter Ten - A Vision for an Evolving Agile Combat Support System 377
• References *
• Chapter Eleven - Strategic Sourcing in the Air Force 397
• References *
• Chapter Twelve - Ready for War but Not for Peace: the Apparent Paradox of Military Preparedness 437
• References 481

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