The Air Campaign; Planning for Combat
Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1989. 1st Pergamon-Brassey's printing. Hardcover. xxi, [1]. 160, [2] pages. Illustrations. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Bradley Hosmer. DJ has sticker and some wear. Introduction by Gen. Charles L. Donnelly, Jr., USAF. This is volume III of the Future Warfare Series. This was published with the Aerospace Education Foundation and the Air Force Association. John Ashley Warden III (born December 21, 1943) is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Warden is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. His Air Force career spanned 30 years, from 1965 to 1995, and included tours in Vietnam, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Korea, as well as assignments within the continental United States. Warden completed a number of assignments in the Pentagon, was a Special Assistant for Policy Studies and National Security Affairs to the Vice President of the United States, and was Commandant of the Air Command and Staff College. His impact on the future of air power in the United States Air Force is still being assessed. In The Air Campaign, Colonel John A. Warden III focuses on the use of air forces at the operational level in a theater of war. The most compelling task for the theater commander, he argues, is translating national war objectives into tactical plans at operational levels. He presents his case by drawing on fascinating historical examples, stressing that the mastery of operational-level strategy can be the key to winning future wars. Colonel Warden shows us how to use air power more effectively -- through mass, concentration, and economy of forces -- because, he warns, the United States no longer holds an edge in manpower, production capacity, and technology. Simply put, an air force inferior in numbers must fight better and smarter to win. This book offers planners greater understanding of how to use air power for future air campaigns against a wide variety of enemy capabilities in a wide variety of air operations. Condition: Very good / Good.
Keywords: Aerial Operations, Air Defense, Air Interdiction, Air Superiority, Air Warfare, Airpower, Persian Gulf War, Operational Plans, Military Planning, Air Campaign, Close Air Support, Command and Control, Interdiction
ISBN: 0080367356
[Book #57155]
Price: $45.00