The Future of Land Warfare Michael E. O'Hanlon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Hanlon, Michael E., author.

Series:

Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Geopolitics in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Planning.

United States.

War--Forecasting.

War.

Military art and science--Forecasting.

Military art and science.

Military planning--United States.

Military planning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815726913

0815726910

OCLC:

919201663

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access