Military Strategy, Joint Operations and Airpower
Contents: Preface. Part I. An Introduction to Contemporary Strategy: Introduction/Kevin McCaskey. 1. Defining contemporary military strategy/Thomas Drohan. 2. Strategic foundations/John T. Farquhar. 3. Operational design: one method of reconciling ends, ways and means/Ryan Burke. 4. The ways of war: constructing a compellence strategy/Michael Fowler. 5 Capabilities that generate effects/Kevin McCaskey. Part II. Airpower Strategy and Levels of Effects: Introduction/Thomas Swaim. 6. Airpower for strategic effect: classic to contemporary airpower theory/John T. Farquhar. 7. Multidomain airpower strategy: integrating air, space, and cyber assets/Jahara W. Matisek. 8. Intelligence, ISR, and Strategy/Michael Fowler. Part III. Air, Space and Cyber Effects: Introduction/Michael Martindale. 9. Global precision engagement/Dan Hoadley. 10. Rapid global mobility and agile combat support/Kevin McCaskey. 11. Airpower and irregular warfare: a battle of ideas/John T. Farquhar. 12. Space power/Michael Martindale. 13. Offense and defense in cyberspace/Evan Perkoski and Michael Poznansky. Part IV. Defense Organization and the Joint Operating Environment: Introduction/Ryan Burke. 14. Goldwater-Nichols and the evolution of the joint force/Brent J. Talbot. 15. Roles and missions of the armed services/Brian Drohan. 16. Special operations/Michael Golembesky. Part V. Contemporary Challenges in the Application of Strategy: Introduction/Michael Fowler. 17. Flawed reasoning and bias in decision-making/Laura Resnick-Samotin. 18. Unmanned aerial systems/Kevin McCaskey. 19. Expanding DoD missions and mission creep/Ryan Burke. 20. Constructing effects: a strategic theory of security cooperation/Michael Fowler. 21. Hybrid warfare: the end of conventional wars in the twenty-first century?/William Reno. 22. Innovation and organizational politics/Justin Key Canfi l. 23. Analyzing ISIS in the contemporary environment/Iris Malone. Conclusion/Ryan Burke.
