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Learning Large Lessons : The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era.
Title:
Learning Large Lessons : The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era.
Author:
Johnson, David E.
ISBN:
9780833042415
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Study Scope and Methodology -- Study Scope: The Range of Military Operations and FocusedLearning -- Study Methodology -- Chapter Two - The Relationship Between American Ground Power and Air Power Before the End of the Cold War -- Chapter Three - Iraq, 1991 -- Background -- Lessons: The Ground-Centric View -- Lessons: The Air-Centric View -- Areas of Ground-Air Tension -- Who Won the War? -- Lesser-Included Tensions -- The Institutionalization of "Lessons" from the Gulf War -- Immediate Ground-Centric Lessons -- Immediate Air-Centric Lessons -- The Failure to Create Joint Doctrinal Solutions -- The Continuing Debate About Who Owns the Battlespace -- The War in Bosnia -- The Halt Phase Concept -- Chapter Four - Kosovo, 1999 -- Background -- Ground-Centric View -- Air-Centric View -- The Appropriate Use of Air Power -- Improving Air Power Performance -- Areas of Ground-Air Tension -- Chapter Five - Afghanistan, 2001 -- Background -- Ground-Centric View: Strategic and Operational Lessons -- Air-Centric View -- Ground-Air Tensions and the Tactical Ground-CentricLessons of Operation Anaconda -- Chapter Six - Iraw, 2003 -- Background -- A Joint Ground-Centric View -- A Joint Air-Centric View -- Areas of Ground-Air Tension -- Chapter Seven - What Has Been Learned and What Has Not? -- The Inadequacies of Joint Doctrine -- The Relationship of Service Cultures to Joint Culture -- The Army Future Force as a Reflection of Army Culture -- The Problems with Army Concepts for Deep Operations -- The Enduring Nature of Army Culture and Self-Perception -- What Is the Future of Ground Power? -- The Future Air Force as an Evolving Idea -- Air Force Culture and Interservice Cooperation -- The Future of American Warfighting.

Reforms Beyond Warfighting -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed postÂ-Cold War conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). Because joint doctrine frequently reflects a consensus view rather than a truly integrated joint perspective, the author recommends that joint doctrine-and the processes by which it is derived and promulgated-be overhauled. The author also recommends reform for the services beyond major operations and campaigns to ensure that the United States attains its strategic objectives. This revised edition includes updates and an index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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