Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era

By David E. Johnson

Book Overview

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the war fighting level of military operations, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833040294
• ISBN13: 9780833040299
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.7"