UID:
almafu_9959028574902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (270 p.)
ISBN:
9780815726913
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0815726910
Serie:
Geopolitics in the 21st century
Inhalt:
What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense?In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. Drones, cyber weapons, special forces, and space weapons are in. Accordingly, Pentagon budget cuts have honed in on the army and ground forces: this, after the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,seems like an appealing idea. No one really wants American boots on the ground in bloody conflicts abroad. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars. A survey of the world's trouble spots suggests that land war
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: historical, strategic, and technological context -- Conflicts real, latent, and imaginable -- Scenarios with Russia or China -- Scenarios in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas -- Toward an army of the future for the United States -- The case for a million-soldier U.S. Army.
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English
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ISBN 9780815726890
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ISBN 0815726899
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ISBN 9780815727422
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ISBN 0815727429
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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