The Future of Land Warfare

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 arm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: O'Hanlon, Michael E., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press 2015.
Colección:Geopolitics in the 21st Century
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Sumario: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
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (270 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780815726913
Acceso:Open Access