DTIC ADA358618: Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues
DTIC ADA358618: Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues
Publication date 1998-09-01Topics DTIC Archive, Schneider, Barry R., AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL, *WARFARE, *MILITARY STRATEGY, MILITARY OPERATIONS, NATIONAL SECURITY, DECISION MAKING, THREATS, BATTLEFIELDS, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, AIR POWER, INFORMATION WARFARE.,Collection dticarchive; additional_collectionsLanguage English
This is a book about strategy and war fighting in the midst of a revolution in military affairs as the world moves into the twenty-first century. Its 11 essays examine topics such as military operations against a well-armed rogue state or NASTI (NBC-arming sponsor of terrorism and intervention) state; the potential of parallel warfare strategy for different kinds of states; the revolutionary potential of information warfare; the lethal possibilities of biological warfare; and the elements of an ongoing revolution in military affairs (RMA). The book's purpose is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies, and threats that will confront US national security decision makers in the twenty-first century. The participating authors are either professional military officers or civilian professionals who specialize in national security Issues. Two of the architects of the US air campaign in the 1991 Gulf War have contributed essays that discuss the evolving utility of airpower to achieve decisive results and the lessons that might portend for the future of warfare.
Addeddate 2018-04-21 04:32:05Identifier DTIC_ADA358618Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t07x3349sOcr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)Pages 277Ppi 533Year 1998
