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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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: historical, strategic, and technological context
  • Conflicts real, latent, and imaginable
  • Scenarios with Russia or China
  • Scenarios in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas
  • Toward an army of the future for the United States
  • The case for a million-soldier U.S. Army.