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Defending air bases in an age of insurgency / edited by Shannon W. Caudill.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Caudill, Shannon W., editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Air Force--Security measures.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force.
- Air bases, American--History.
- Air bases, American.
- Air bases--Security measures--United States.
- Air bases.
- Air bases--Security measures--United States--Case studies.
- Irregular warfare--United States.
- Irregular warfare.
- Air bases--Security measures.
- Armed Forces--Security measures.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations (some color), color maps
- Other Title:
- Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency
- Place of Publication:
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2014.
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2019.
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- [volume 1]. [Without special title]
- volume 2. [Without special title]
- volume 3. Integrated base defense principles for commanders.
- [Volume 1]: Introduction
- Part 1. Historical and international perspectives
- A short history of air base defense: from World War I to Iraq
- A Canadian perspective on air base ground defense: ad hoc is not good enough
- Air support for base defense: lessons for the noncontiguous battlefield
- Part 2. Case study
- Balad air base, Iraq.
- Defending the joint force: lesons learned from Joint Base Balad
- The defense of Joint Base Balad: an analysis
- Part 3. There is no "rear area" : changes to air base defense in a counterinsurgency environment
- The Air Force's new ground war : ensuring projection of air and space power through expeditionary security operations
- Sharpening the eagle's talons : assessing advances in air base defense doctrine
- Setting the right glide slope : preparing the Air Force for the next counterinsurgency campaign
- Part 4. Organizing for the future
- Nowhere to hide : the growing threat to air bases
- Law enforcement and base defense : improving interoperability to benefit the war fighter
- Conclusion : ten propositions on the defense of air bases
- Afterword
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- [Volume I] lacks index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed Mar. 30, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 882906389
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