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The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force?
In Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America
should end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF)
and divide its assets and missions between the United States Army
and the United States Navy.
In the wake of World War I, advocates of the Air Force argued
that an organizationally independent air force would render other
military branches obsolete. These boosters promised clean, easy
wars: airpower would destroy cities beyond the reach of the armies
and would sink navies before they could reach the coast. However,
as Farley demonstrates, independent air forces failed to deliver on
these promises in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,
the first Gulf War, the Kosovo conflict, and the War on Terror.
They have also had perverse effects on foreign and security policy,
as politicians have been tempted by the vision of devastating
airpower to initiate otherwise ill-considered conflicts. The
existence of the USAF also produces turf wars with the Navy and the
Army, leading to redundant expenditures, nonsensical restrictions
on equipment use, and bad tactical decisions.
Farley does not challenge the idea that aircraft represent a
critical component of America's defenses; nor does he dispute that
-- especially now, with the introduction of unmanned aerial
vehicles -- airpower is necessary to modern warfare. Rather, he
demonstrates that the efficient and wise use of airpower does not
require the USAF as presently constituted. An intriguing scholarly
polemic, Grounded employs a wide variety of primary and secondary
source materials to build its case that the United States should
now correct its 1947 mistake of having created an independent air
force.
In an era when knowledge can travel with astonishing speed, the
need for analysis of intellectual property (IP) law-and its focus
on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and issues of copyright-has
never been greater. But as Robert M. Farley and Davida H. Isaacs
stress in Patents for Power, we have long overlooked critical ties
between IP law and one area of worldwide concern: military
technology. This deft blend of case studies, theoretical analyses,
and policy advice reveals the fundamental role of IP law in shaping
how states create and transmit defense equipment and weaponry. The
book probes two major issues: the effect of IP law on innovation
itself and the effect of IP law on the international diffusion, or
sharing, of technology. Discussing a range of inventions, from the
AK-47 rifle to the B-29 Superfortress bomber to the MQ-1 Predator
drone, the authors show how IP systems (or their lack) have
impacted domestic and international relations across a number of
countries, including the United States, Russia, China, and South
Korea. The study finds, among other results, that while the open
nature of the IP system may encourage industrial espionage like
cyberwarfare, increased state uptake of IP law is helping to
establish international standards for IP protection. This
clear-eyed approach to law and national security is thus essential
for anyone interested in history, political science, and legal
studies.
The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force? In
Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America should
end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF) and
divide its assets and missions between the United States Army and
the United States Navy. In the wake of World War I, advocates of
the Air Force argued that an organizationally independent air force
would render other military branches obsolete. These boosters
promised clean, easy wars: airpower would destroy cities beyond the
reach of the armies and would sink navies before they could reach
the coast. However, as Farley demonstrates, independent air forces
failed to deliver on these promises in World War II, the Korean
War, the Vietnam War, the first Gulf War, the Kosovo conflict, and
the War on Terror. They have also had perverse effects on foreign
and security policy, as politicians have been tempted by the vision
of devastating airpower to initiate otherwise ill-considered
conflicts. The existence of the USAF also produces turf wars with
the Navy and the Army, leading to redundant expenditures,
nonsensical restrictions on equipment use, and bad tactical
decisions. Farley does not challenge the idea that aircraft
represent a critical component of America's defenses; nor does he
dispute that -- especially now, with the introduction of unmanned
aerial vehicles -- airpower is necessary to modern warfare. Rather,
he demonstrates that the efficient and wise use of airpower does
not require the USAF as presently constituted. An intriguing
scholarly polemic, Grounded employs a wide variety of primary and
secondary source materials to build its case that the United States
should now correct its 1947 mistake of having created an
independent air force.
By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United
States Air Force. From the moment when the launching of HMS
Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete
overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface
combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore
that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power - and
sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more
than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the
most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship
from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate
essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected
battleships.
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