Air power against terror : America's conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom / Benjamin S. Lambeth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambeth, Benjamin S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021--United States.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Aerial operations, American.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 plunged the United States into a determined counteroffensive against Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. This report details the initial U.S. military response to those attacks, namely, the destruction of al QaedaÂs terrorist infrastructure and the removal of the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The author emphasizes several distinctive achievements in this war, including the use of precision air-delivered weapons that were effective irrespective of weather, the first combat use of Predator unmanned aerial vehicles armed with Hellfire missiles

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - A Nation Girds for War; Chapter Three - The United States Strikes Back; Chapter Four - A Shift in Strategy; Chapter Five - Operation Anaconda; Chapter Six - Distinctive Aspects and Achievements; Chapter Seven - Problems in Execution; Chapter Eight - Conclusions; Bibliography

Notes:

"MG-166."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-411).

ISBN:

0-8330-4053-7

OCLC:

695010433

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access