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  • Fast Space
    Air University
    This 2017 report played a crucial role in the decisions involved in creating United States Space Force and remains an essential guide to thinking about the strategic value of ultra-low-cost launch.This document discusses the potential for the US Air Force to leverage new concepts and technologies to gain strategic advantage in space. It highlights the increasing vulnerability o...
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    31,31 €

  • Us Interagency Regional Foreign Policy Implementation
    Air University Press / Robert S. Pope
    Colonel Pope's book examines current interagency structures, with a particular focus on the regional level, to describe and analyze several current or recent shortfalls in interagency unity of effort. He considers not only military operations but also nonmilitary US government responses, often in concert with other nations, to natural disasters around the world. While the US mi...
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    30,63 €

  • The Air War in Southeast Asia
    Air University Press / Herman L. Glister
    The author subjects five case studies of interdiction, close air support, and strategic bombardment to rigid analysis. Dr. Gilster shows the relationship between the strike effort and target damage of several air campaigns during the Vietnam War. First published in 1993. Contains maps, tables, graphs and photographs in black and white. 3 ...
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    18,49 €

  • Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency
    Air University Press / Shannon Caudill
    This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from...
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    31,89 €

  • Setup
    Air University Press / Earl H. Tilford / Earl HTilford
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    24,55 €

  • Air Power for Patton's Army - The XIX Tactical Air Command in the Second World War
    Air University Press / David N. Spires
    First published in 2002. From the foreword: 'This insightful work by David N. Spires holds many lessons in tactical air-ground operations. Despite peacetime rivalries in the drafting of service doctrine, in World War II the immense pressures of wartime drove army and air commanders to cooperate in the effective prosecution of battlefield operations. In northwest Europe during t...
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    54,53 €

  • Air Interdiction in China in World War II (US Air Forces Historical Studies
    Air University / Joe G. Taylor / USAF Historical Division
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    37,20 €

  • The Employment of Strategic Bombers in a Tactical Role, 1941-1951 (US Air Forces Historical Studies
    Air University / Research Studies Institute / USAF Historical Division
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    37,87 €

  • Close Air Support in the War Against Japan (US Air Forces Historical Studies
    Air University / Research Studies Institute / USAF Historical Division
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    64,40 €

  • The Preflight Schools in World War II (US Air Forces Historical Studies
    Air University / Research Studies Institute / USAF Historical Division
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    38,32 €

  • Lorenz on Leadership
    Air Force Research Institute / Air University Press / Stephen R. Lorenz
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    32,01 €

  • The Teaching of Leadership
    Christopher P Fedyschyn / Michele G Smith / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    ACSC put a renewed focus on teaching leadership during the 1996 academic year. A fresh examination of 'teaching leadership' was called for by this renewed emphasis. In order to provide the ACSC faculty with information and resources to develop the best leadership curriculum possible, this development study examined the course structure, content, teaching methods and evaluation ...
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    17,63 €

  • American River Crossing Doctrine
    Edwin J. Arnold / Gerald T. Yap / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    This study examines current river crossing doctrine to determine its compatibility with current force structure and the AirLand Battle concept of the modern battlefield. Using the historical example of the 80th Infantry Division’s assault crossing of the Moselle River in September, 1944, the study identifies six factors which promoted successful river crossings in World War II....
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    17,11 €

  • Why a PHD in Maintenance?
    Charles L. Webb / Air University (U.S.) Air War College
    This paper will look at defining the skills required for a PhD in Maintenance, how to earn a PhD in Maintenance, and finally validate the need for this specific competency as opposed to the over-arching skills of a logistics officer.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work w...
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    15,82 €

  • A Metaphor Theory of Airmindedness
    Robert Killefer / Air University (U.S.) School of Advance
    'The language Airmen use to understand war, society, and man’s place in them reflect how Airmen think about reality. Successive generations of Airmen have evolved a worldview termed 'airmindedness.' Airmindedness reflects individual and group understanding built over decades through the interplay and competition between ideas. Concepts, theories, and strategies are the key idea...
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    20,11 €

  • More Than Just a Nuisance
    C. G. Tredway / Air University (U.S.). School of Advance
    Strategic bombing against civilian targets was attempted on a grand scale during the Second World War against Britain, Germany, and Japan. Although the physical destruction was great, the coercive effect on the leadership of these states was questionable. However, in 1991, air attacks of negligible military or destructive value against cities in Israel imperiled the very existe...
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    15,91 €

  • A Desperate Struggle to Save a Condemned Army
    Mike Thyssen / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    Stalingrad is often described as the turning point of the German war with the Soviet Union, or perhaps even the entire European war. This paper argues that the actual turning point was probably earlier in the Barbarossa campaign, and that the decision to hold Stalingrad, while a serious mistake, followed several other strategic blunders of Adolf Hitler. Given that, this essay r...
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    17,17 €

  • Asymmetries of a Warrior-Class Society
    Andrew J. Gale / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    Recent literature raises the specter of 'warrior societies' and questions if we are prepared to face them in battle. Looking back at American history, the American Indians were a warrior society that posed many asymmetrical challenges for European and American militaries. In particular, their individual skills, methods of fighting, and societal culture produced asymmetries that...
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    15,85 €

  • Developing Capability
    Craig A. Perkins / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S / Office of Justice Programs: Bureau of Ju
    US forces rely heavily upon various systems in order to navigate, communicate, employ weapons, synchronize data links, and transfer a wide variety of data. Nearly all battlefield systems rely upon some form of electronic technology to function and can be hindered in one way or another. Geography, atmospherics, bandwidth, intentional and unintentional interference, and jamming c...
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    15,94 €

  • Military Occupation
    Todd A. White / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    Occupation of a state surrounding conflict begs a single question -- why? There may be a single, compelling reason or a cocktail of motives -- deny resources to an enemy, prevent the state from entering the conflict against the occupier, resource exploitation, annexation or an ideological approach in the forms of religious and ethnic animosity. Benvenisti states in his book on ...
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    15,76 €

  • Once in a Blue Moon
    Howard D. Belote / Air University (U.S.). School of Advance
    In the 52-year history of the United States Air Force (USAF), only one airman has risen to serve as a regional commander in chief (CINC). In the same period, 74 soldiers, sailors, and Marines have filled CINC billets. To determine if, and perhaps how, airmen could become geographic CINCs in the near future, this paper examines the root of the issue through historical analysis a...
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    20,08 €

  • The Making of a Great Captain
    Theodore G. Weibel / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    Classifying people as Great Captains is largely a subjective perception. What attributes, accomplishments, positions attained or battles won that make one person a Great Captain and the other not? Herein lays the dilemma, for ages academics have argued what criteria should be included or not, but it remains a highly subjective yet colloquial anti-analytical process. This paper ...
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    15,72 €

  • A SIOP for Perestroika?
    Richard Szafranzki / Air University (U.S.) Press
    The evolving strategic relationship between the US and the Soviet Union appears to offer an unprecedented opportunity for both nations to develop nuclear weapons development and deployment policies based on a shared security commitment to deterrent stability and risk reduction, rather than on the latent insecurities that characterized cold war defense policy. Given that the Uni...
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    15,69 €

  • Social Media
    Elizabeth Hanson / Air University (U.S.). Air Force Fellows
    In February the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a policy addressing social media use. Little guidance is provided to DoD organizations and members on effective use of social media to present a positive image of the US military. Reviewing social media guidelines for businesses, how to use social media handbooks and other material on social media, led to the development of a s...
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    15,76 €

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Jeffrey N. Renehan / Air University (U.S.) Press / Air University (U.S.). School of Advance
    This study analyzes the characteristics and capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to determine their capability to carry weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The author presents an overview of the various forms of WMD: chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. The objective is to review the characteristics of both UAVs and WMD to determine if they are capable of being u...
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    14,74 €

  • General Merrill A. McPeak
    Tim B. Hopper / Air University (U.S.). Air War College
    This report explored the concept of organizational change during General Merrill A. McPeak’s tenure as Chief of Staff of the Air Force. General McPeak’s term has been characterized as the most turbulent and challenging period in the history of the U.S. Air Force. This effort examined General McPeak’s agenda and the methods he used in achieving his agenda. It also looks at the r...
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    14,77 €

  • Ground Maneuver and Air Interdiction
    Jack B. Egginton / Air University (U.S.). Press. / Air University (U.S.). School of Advance
    Warfare is an ever evolving mixture of combinations: attack and defense, symmetry and asymmetry, maneuver and firepower, mass and economy of force, etc. True operational art manifests itself when the right balance of these combinations is applied to war fighting. This paper analyzes one such combination; ground maneuver and air interdiction. Indeed, this is a treatise on the sy...
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    14,72 €

  • Improving US Air Force Performance in Irregular Conflict
    Timothy W. Childress / Air University (U.S.). School of Advance
    US leaders have identified irregular threats as a major challenge facing the United States over the next few decades. While other US military services are responding to these threats, the US Air Force is falling short in preparing for irregular warfare. Although the US Air Force must balance its capabilities to address all potential threats, including major combat operations, t...
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    17,47 €

  • The Mission Support Advisor (MSA)
    Debra A Zides / Sheila Mulhern / Air University (U.S.). Air Command and S
    This study investigated using the Mission Support Advisor (MSA) as the conduit for the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Community’s (M and P) transformation from a Cold-War transactional service provider to a strategic advisor for field commanders and base-level customers. External and internal environmental factors such as the Global War on Terrorism, the shrinking Department ...
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    20,24 €

  • Strengthening North American Security
    Lawrenc Spinetta / Air University (U.S.). Air Force Fellows / Air University (U.S.). College of Aerosp
    North American security is indivisible. Yet, little progress has been made developing a collaborative partnership that provides a comprehensive, seamless defense for North America. A new strategy that strengthens tri-national institutions and builds trust through progressive cooperation is required to create the conditions necessary for full Mexican participation.This work has ...
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    17,41 €


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