Air Power in the Age of Primacy

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-98475-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Since the end of the Cold War the United States and other major powers have wielded their air forces against much weaker state and non-state actors. In this age of primacy, air wars have been contests between unequals and characterized by asymmetries of power, interest, and technology.  This volume examines ten contemporary wars where air power played a major and at times decisive role. Its chapters explore the evolving use of unmanned aircraft against global terrorist organizations as well as more conventional air conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and against ISIS. Air superiority could be assumed in this unique and brief period where the international system was largely absent great power competition. However, the reliable and unchallenged employment of a spectrum of manned and unmanned technologies permitted in the age of primacy may not prove effective in future conflicts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haun, Phil M.

Haun, Phil

Jackson, Colin F.

Jackson, Colin

Schultz, Timothy P.

Schultz, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Verwaltung, Streitkräfte (Militärwesen)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Air Power in the Age of Primacy Phil Haun; 2. Remote Warfare: A New Architecture of Air Power Timothy P. Schultz; 3. Deliberate Force: Ambivalent Success Thomas Alexander Hughes; 4. Hoping for Victory: Coercive Air Power and NATO's Strategy in Kosovo Andrew L. Stigler; 5. Operation Enduring Freedom Nicholas Blanchette; 6. The Result is Never Final: Operation Iraqi Freedom Heather Venable; 7. Israeli Air Force Effectiveness during the Second Lebanon War (2006) Nimrod Hagiladi; 8. Libya 2011: Hollow Victory in Low-Cost Air War Jahara Matisek; 9. Coercing a Chaos State: The Saudi-Led Air War in Yemen Ralph Shield; 10. Russia's Air War Win in Syria Ralph Shield; 11. Air Power in the Battle of Mosul Stephen Renner; 12. Retrospect and Prospect: Air Power in the Age of Primacy and Beyond Colin Jackson.

Über Autor(innen)

Schultz, Tim
Tim Schultz, PhD, is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and formerly the Dean of the USAF's School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and a U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance pilot. He is also the author of The Problem with Pilots: How Physicians, Engineers, and Airpower Enthusiasts Redefined Flight (2018). He is the Associate Dean of Academics at the US Naval War College.

Haun, Phil
Phil Haun, PhD, is a retired US Air Force colonel and decorated A-10 pilot with combat tours over Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. His previous books are Lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School (2019) and Coercion, Survival, & War: Why Weak States Resist the United States (2015). He is the Dean of Academics at the US Naval War College.

Jackson, Colin
Colin Jackson, PhD, held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia (2017–2019). He has published in International Security, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Political Science Quarterly. He is the Chair of the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the US Naval War College.