Air & Space Power Journal back issues from October 2002:
A word from the chief: Why "air and space"?
Oct 01, 2002; ... IN THIS EDITION, only the title has changed. The Air and Space Power Journal continues its distinguished tradition of providing Airmen a forum to become knowledgeable and debate the issues of our profession. This intellectual activity is critically important-it is the fuel behind the leadership ...
A change-challenge: The fire-support coordination "box"
Oct 01, 2002; ... The great end of education is to discipline rather than furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers rather than fill it with the accumulation of others'. -Tryon Edwards Fire and maneuver win battles. The purpose of movement is to get fires in a more advantageous place to ...
A new construct for Air Force counterspace doctrine
Oct 01, 2002; ... FEW PEOPLE WOULD argue with the suggestion that space operations, especially counterspace operations, will play an increasingly larger role in the Air Force's future. Unfortunately, Air Force counterspace doctrine is poorly developed and lacks detail.1 This article provides a new construct for ...
Organic versus joint organization
Oct 01, 2002; ... IN THE CLIMATE of the recent Quadrennial Defense Review, US Joint Forces Command's proposed experiments, and the secretary of defense's push for transformation, "jointness" has recently become a very visible issue. Unfortunately, many joint initiatives actually are not very joint, especially ...
Transforming the submarine force: Integrating undersea platforms into the joint global strike task force
Oct 01, 2002; ... IN THE AIR FORCE Future Capabilities Game 2001, Blue force Trident nuclear submarines mugged up close to the Red country's coast, well inside the seaward perimeter of its integrated air defense system (lADS), and launched their payloads (fig. 1). This wasn't a nuclear strike but a series of ...
Airpower versus asymmetric enemies: A framework for evaluating effectiveness
Oct 01, 2002; ... Features Editorial Abstract: Evaluating airpower's political effectiveness in a conflict is not a straightforward proposition. This is certainly the case with asymmetric foes such as terrorist organizations. Professor Clodfelter presents an interesting framework for this determination, ...
Historical perspectives on operational environment research and objective determination in air campaign planning
Oct 01, 2002; ... Editorial Abstract: The process of planning any air campaign includes five steps: operational environment research, objective determination, identification of centers of gravity, identification of strategy, and development of the joint air and space operations plan. Lieutenant Colonel Wolusky ...
Argentine airpower in the Falklands War: An operational view
Oct 01, 2002; ... Editorial Abstract: Air warriors can learn many important lessons from the Falklands War. For example, the British experience demonstrated the value of long-range aerial early warning systems, while successful Argentine Exocet attacks revealed the dangers of antiship missiles. The Argentine air ...
A sea of peace or a theater of war? Dealing with the inevitable conflict in space
Oct 01, 2002; ... Editorial Abstract: How will the military use space? This question has been studied for over 40 years, most recently by the 2000 Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. Colonel Hyten assesses current US space policy and makes recommendations aimed ...
A global engagement enhancer: The international health specialist
Oct 01, 2002; ... PIREP Editor's Note: PIREP is aviation shorthand for pilot report. It's a means for one pilot to pass on current, potentially useful information to other pilots. In the same fashion, we will use this department to let readers know about air and space power items of interest ....
The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment / On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power / Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age /....
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment by Barry Watts. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (http://www.csbaonline.org), 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 912, Washington, D.C. 20036, 2001, 130 pages, $20.00. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space ...
Luftwaffe Bomber Aces: Men, Machines, Methods
Oct 01, 2002; ... Endure and persist. The pain will do you good. -Ovid Luftwaffe Bomber Aces: Men, Machines, Methods by Mike Spick. Greenhill/Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com/cgi-bin/ StackpoleBooks.storefront), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055, 2001, 256 pages, ...
Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service Independence
Oct 01, 2002; ... Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service Independence by Robert P. White. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si.edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-2300, 2001, 192 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). It is a sad commentary that airpower historiography ...
The Great War and the Twentieth Century
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Great War and the Twentieth Century edited by Jay Winter, Geoffrey Parker, and Mary R. Habeck. Yale University Press (http://www.yale. edu/yup), P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-9040, 2000, 336 pages, $30.00. The Great War continues to be fertile ground for historical ...
Liaison 1914
Oct 01, 2002; ... Liaison 1914 by Edward Spears. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (http://www.sterlingpublcom/search/ SearchBookDisplay.asp?BookKey=66929), 387 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, 2001, 624 pages, $21.95. This book is the work of (then) Lt Edward Spears (later general) and is ...
Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I
Oct 01, 2002; ... Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I by Herbert A. Johnson. University of North Carolina Press (http://uncpress.unc. edu), 116 South Boundary Street, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2288, 2001, 320 pages, $34.95. Despite the groundbreaking flights at ...
Hell in Hurtgen Forest: The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment
Oct 01, 2002; ... Hell in Hurtgen Forest: The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment by Robert Sterling Rush. University Press of Kansas (http:// www.kansaspress.ku.edu), 2501 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3905, 2001, 400 pages, $34.95. The guns had barely cooled from World War II ...
The Global Century: Globalization and National Security
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Global Century: Globalization and National Security edited by Richard L. Kugler and Ellen L. Frost. National Defense University Press (http:// www.ndu.edu/inss/press/ndup2.ht.ini), Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319, 2001, 1,125 pages, $59.00. Available on-line at http:// ...
No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident
Oct 01, 2002; ... No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident by Robert L. Bateman. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-- 6921, 2002, 288 pages, $22.95. In 1999 a trio of Associated Press (AP) investigative reporters ...
Jane's Battles with the Luftwaffe: The Bomber Campaign against Germany, 1942-45
Oct 01, 2002; ... Jane's Battles with the Luftwaffe: The Bomber Campaign against Germany, 1942-45 by Theo Boiten and Martin Bowman. Harper-Collins (http://www.harpercollins.com/hc), 10 East 53d Street, New York, New York 10022, 240 pages, $44.95. In the skies over Western Europe from 1942 to 1945, men of ...
War Wings: The United States and Chinese Military Aviation, 1929-1949
Oct 01, 2002; ... War Wings: The United States and Chinese Military Aviation, 1929-1949 by Guangqiu Xu. Greenwood Publishing Group (http://info. greenwood.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2001, 264 pages, $64.95. The transfer of lethal technology, the problem of governmental ...
Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II
Oct 01, 2002; ... Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II by Hans-Joachim Krug et al. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/ press/press.html), 2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, Maryland 21401-6780, 2001, 456 pages, $38.95. After more than a half century, writers continue ...
Rolling the Iron Dice: Historical Analogies and Decisions to Use Military Force in Regional Contingencies
Oct 01, 2002; ... Rolling the Iron Dice: Historical Analogies and Decisions to Use Military Force in Regional Contingencies by Scot Macdonald. Greenwood Publishing Group (http://info.greenwood.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2000, 247 pages, $72.50. Scot Macdonald, who lectures ...
Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo
Oct 01, 2002; ... Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo by Jeffrey Record. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), 2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, Maryland 214016780, 2002, 216 pages, $28.95 (hardcover). Jeffrey Record ...
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Oct 01, 2002; ... Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. Penguin Group (http://www. penguinputnam.com), 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, 2000, 400 pages, $13.95 (softcover). Black Hawk Down, a historical document written in the same style as a memoir, deals accurately with a ...
Reaching for the Stars: A New History of Bomber Command in World War II
Oct 01, 2002; ... Reaching for the Stars: A New History of Bomber Command in World War II by Mark Connelly. I. B. Tauris Publishers (http://www.ibtauris.com), I. B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU, 2000, 206 pages, $35.00 (hardcover). Mark Connelly's Reaching for the Stars is a well-- ...
Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon
Oct 01, 2002; ... Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon by James R. Locher III. Texas A&M University Press (http://www. tamu.edu/upress), John H. Lindsey Building, Lewis Street, 4354 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843, 2002, 544 pages, $34.95 (hardcover). The people ...
US Allies in a Changing World
Oct 01, 2002; ... US Allies in a Changing World edited by Barry Rubin and Thomas A. Keaney. Frank Cass Publishers (http://www.frankcass.com), 5824 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, 2001, 294 pages, $54.50. This book is the product of a conference dedicated to analyzing American alliances in ...
Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne
Oct 01, 2002; ... Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne by Robert M. Bowen, edited by Christopher J. Anderson. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks. com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2001, 240 pages, $29.95. Robert M ....
The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000 by Steven J. Zaloga. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si.edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-- 0950, 2002, 288 pages, $45.00 (hardcover). This ...
The Forgotten Air Force: French Air Doctrine in the 1930s
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Forgotten Air Force: French Air Doctrine in the 1930s by Anthony Christopher Cain. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si. edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-0950, 2002, 248 pages, $ 34.95 (hardcover). The rapid collapse of France in 1940-the ...
A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905
Oct 01, 2002; ... A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905 by Tom D. Crouch. W. W. Norton & Company (http://www.wwnorton.com), 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110, 2002 (paperback reissue of 1989 edition), 352 pages, $14.95. The much anticipated centennial celebration of powered ...
The World Wide Military Command and Control System: Evolution and Effectiveness
Oct 01, 2002; ... The World Wide Military Command and Control System: Evolution and Effectiveness by David E. Pearson. Air University Press (http://www. maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 361126615, 2000, 414 pages, $37.00. In this book, David Pearson, now a ...
Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War against Germany
Oct 01, 2002; ... Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-- 39s, and the Air War against Germany by Dmitriy Loza. Translated and edited by James F. Gebhardt. University Press of Kansas (http:// www.kansaspress.ku.edu), 2501 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3905, 2001, 392 pages, $34.95 ...
Flying Aces: Aviation Art of World War II
Oct 01, 2002; ... Flying Aces: Aviation Art of World War II by James H. Kitchens and Bernard C. Nalty. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (http://www.sterlingpub.com/ home/home.asp), 387 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, 2001, 144 pages, $19.95. Flying Aces is a spectacular coffee-table book that ...