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Airpower in Small Wars - Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists (Paperback, New)
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Airpower in Small Wars - Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists (Paperback, New)
Series: Modern War Studies
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The use of airpower in wartime calls to mind the massive bombings
of World War II, but airplanes have long been instrumental in small
wars as well. Ever since its use by the French to put down
rebellious Moroccan tribes in 1913, airpower has been employed to
fight in limited but often lengthy small conflicts around the
globe. This is the first comprehensive history of airpower in small
wars-conflicts pitting states against non-state groups such as
insurgents, bandits, factions, and terrorists-tracing it from the
early years of the twentieth century to the present day. It
examines dozens of conflicts with strikingly different scenarios:
the Greek Civil War, the Philippine Anti-Huk campaign, French and
British colonial wars, the war in South Vietnam before the American
escalation, counterinsurgency in southern Africa, Latin American
counterguerrilla operations, and counterinsurgency and
counterterrorist campaigns in the Middle East over the last four
decades. For each war, the authors describe the strategies employed
on both sides of the conflict, the air forces engaged, and the
specific airpower tactics employed. They discuss the ground
campaigns and provide the political background necessary to
understand the air campaigns, and in each case they judge the
utility of airpower in its broadest sense. In their historic sweep,
they show how forms of airpower evolved from planes to police
helicopters, aircraft of the civilian air reserve, and today's
unmanned aircraft. They also disclose how small wars after World
War II required new strategies, operational solutions, and tactics.
By taking this broad view of small-war airpower, the authors are
able to make assessments about the most effective and least
effective means of employing airpower. They offer specific
conclusions ranging from the importance of comprehensive strategy
to the need for the United States and its allies to expand
small-wars training programs. Airpower in Small Wars will be
invaluable for educating military professionals and policy makers
in the subject as well as for providing a useful framework for
developing more effective doctrine for employing airpower in the
conflicts we are most likely to see in the twenty-first century.
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