Japan 14, 52, 85
Joint warfare 121–122;
and cyberwar 143–144;
and effects based operations 131–133;
and irregular warfare 77, 84;
and naval strategists 8–9;
and nuclear operations 56, 59–60, 72;
and the revolution in military affairs 126–130;
and spacepower 164–165, 167, 169;
and the US Army 27–29, 31, 33;
and the US Navy 10–11, 13, 17
Jomini, Antoine Henri 20, 22, 77–78, 121;
and contemporary warfare 27, 32;
strategic thought of 24
Kaldor, Mary 87–88
Kilcullen, David 77, 89–91, 93, 97
Kosovo 42, 52, 108, 136, 147, 178;
NATO air war in 39, 44–46, 87, 147, 180
Krepinevich, Andrew:
and insurgency and counterinsurgency 82–83, 96;
and land power 26, 32;
and the military technical revolution 123, 125
Lagrange Libration Points 163
Lambeth, Benjamin: and airpower 42–46, 52;
and spacepower 165, 167, 171
Lawrence, T.E. 79–81, 96, 179
Lebanon 14, 49
Libicki, Martin 142–143, 146–147, 156
Libya 32, 48–49, 115, 177, 180
Liddell Hart, B.H. 20–22, 122
Lind, William 84–87, 96
Littoral Combat Ship 12–13
Littoral warfare 11–17;
definition of 10
Lynn, William 149, 153
Mahan, Alfred Thayer 13, 24, 121, 164, 177;
and contemporary warfare 9–17;
strategic thought of 7–8
Macgregor, Douglas 26, 32
Mao Tse‐tung 25, 179;
and contemporary warfare 82, 85–86, 89, 91:
strategic thought on insurgency 79–80, 96
Marshall, Andrew 123, 125–126, 128
Mattis, James 133
Mearsheimer, John 62
Military innovation 124, 128, 134–136;
and technology 137
Military technical revolution 122–125, 134, 137
Military transformation 122, 128–129, 132, 137;
and relationship to the revolution in military affairs 134
Milosevic, Slobodan 45
Mitchell, William 36;
and contemporary warfare 45, 52, 178;
strategic thought of 38, 39, 41, 121, 178
Mullen, Michael 13–14, 58
Munkler, Herfried 87
Mutual assured destruction 56, 61, 179
Nagl, John 93–96
Namibia 103, 106, 110
NATO 122;
and Bosnia 11, 12, 103–104, 107–108;
and cyberwar 144, 150–151;
and Kosovo 39, 44–46, 87;
and Libya 48–49, 115;
nuclear doctrine of 67;
and Russia 15;
and stability operations 108–109, 111–112
Netwar 85–86, 155
Network centric warfare 128–130, 132–133, 137;
definition of 12
New Wars 87–89, 97
NORAD 161
North Korea, and deterrence 57, 59, 62–63, 65–66
Nuclear Non‐Proliferation Treaty 68
Observer missions 102, 106
Office of Net Assessment 26, 122, 123, 125
Offset strategy 122
Ogarkov, Nicolai 122
Outer Space Treaty 170
Owens, William 126–128
Pakistan 10, 48, 50–51
Pape, Robert:
and airpower 40–43, 45–46, 52;
and humanitarian intervention 114–115
Paret, Peter 1
Payne, Keith:
and ‘bunker busters’ 65;
and deterring terrorists 71;
and rogue state actors 59–60, 62, 68–70
Peace‐building 108, 110–111, 115;
definition of 105
Peace‐enforcement 29, 106–108, 110, 115;
definition of 105
Peacekeeping 88, 115, 179, 180;
definition of 105;
history of 101–103;
post‐Cold War 106–109;
stabilization operations 110–111;
UNPROFOR 104
Peacemaking 108, 111; definition of 105
Peace operations 28, 50, 108, 111, 115;
and airpower 50–51
Peace of Westphalia 83, 112
Perry, William 61, 62, 68;
and the revolution in military affairs 123, 125–127
Petraeus, David 90–91, 93–96
Piracy 12–15
Platform centric warfare 12
Porch, Douglas 94–96
Posen, Barry 135–137
Precision guided munitions 30, 42–44
Pre‐emptive war 64, 67, 114;
and cyberwar 148–149, 152, 156, 180
Preventive diplomacy 105
Proliferation Security Initiative 14
Provincial reconstruction teams 111–112
Psychological warfare 85, 142–143
Qaddafi, Muammar 48
Responsibility to protect 113–115
Revolution in Military Affairs 26, 84, 122, 126–127, 137;
definition of 123–125, 134;
and military transformation 128, 130, 134
Revolutionary war:
definition of 77;
and Galula 80–81;
and contemporary period 82–83, 87, 90, 96, 179;
and Mao 79–80, 179
Robotic warfare 51–52, 178
Ronfeldt, Ron 85–86, 141–142, 155–156
Rosen, Stephen 135, 136
Rwanda 113
Rumsfeld, Donald 61, 128–129, 164, 169
Russia:
and army modernization 27–28;
and cyberwar 141, 144–145, 149–150, 153;
and hybrid war 96;
and naval modernization/doctrine 15–16, 177;
and nuclear doctrine 67;
and satellite navigation system 166;
and spacepower 169
Satellites, types of 161–162;
and force enhancement 165–166, 168;
and vulnerability 172–173
Saddam Hussein 45, 47, 154
Scales, Robert 29–30, 32, 127
Schelling, Thomas 58, 179
Seapower:
and contemporary US naval strategy 12–17;
definition of 8;
and sea lines of communication 9–10, 15–16, 177;
and strategic thinkers 8–9, 17
Serbia 45, 103, 147
Shalikashvili 126–128
‘shock and awe’ 47, 50, 131–132, 137
Smith, Rupert 87–88
Spacepower:
anti‐access strategy in 173, 181;
conduct of space war 171–173;
defence of space 172–173;
definition of space 161;
definition of spacepower 164;
spacecraft characteristics 163–164;
space missions 165–170;
topography of space 161–162, 164, 174;
weaponization debate 170–171, 174
Somalia 104, 107;
and piracy 10, 14–15
Soviet Union 52:
and NATO 25, 66, 122:
Naval strategy 9–10, 17;
and nuclear strategy 57–59, 61, 63, 67;
and spacepower 168, 170
Special operations forces 126, 128, 134, 178, 180;
and airpower 47–48;
increased use of 31–32
Sputnik 160–161
Srebrenica 104, 113
Stability operations 50, 110, 111, 115
Strategic defense initiative 69
Strategy, definition of 1, 2, 177
Stuxnet 146–147, 154, 156
Suez Crisis 102
Sun Tzu 22, 29, 80, 107, 130–131, 178;
/> and deterrence 59, 179;
and Special Operations Forces 32;
strategic thought 21, 30–31, 77
Syria 32, 51, 115, 177
‘System of systems’ 126–127, 130, 137
Taiwan 15–16, 145
Taliban 32, 47–48, 50, 95
Terrorism 12, 14, 16, 58, 80, 84;
and deterrence 70–71;
and cyberwar 96, 156;
definition of 77, 114
Thomson, Robert 81–83, 90, 93, 96
Three block war 108
Thucydides 57
Till, Geoffrey 7–8, 10, 15, 17
Toffler, Alvin and Heidi 25–26, 30, 125–126
Ukraine 96, 145
UN Emergency Force 102
UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 103–104, 106–107
UNTSO 102
Unmanned aerial vehicles 27, 52, 129, 166, 178;
and ISR 44, 46, 50–51
Unmanned combat/drone warfare 51–52
Van Allen radiation belts 162
Van Creveld, Martin 77, 83–84, 87, 96
Vietnam 62, 81–82, 85, 93, 135; and center of gravity 23, 86
Warden, John 39–41, 130–131
Weapons of mass destruction 14, 20, 32, 65;
and deterrence 63–64;
and proliferation of 10;
and space 170;
and terrorism 58
‘whole of government’ 82, 97, 112, 115, 180
Work, Robert 15
Yom Kipper War 25
Yugoslavia 11, 87, 103
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