Air & Space Power Journal articles from September 2002

Air & Space Power Journal archives from September 2002

A word from the chief: why "Air and Space"?
September 22, 2002... IN THIS EDITION, only the title has changed. The Air and Space Power Journal continues its distinguished tradition of providing Airmen a forum to become knowledgeable and debate the issues of our profession. This intellectual activity is...

Prelaunch notes.
September 22, 2002... BRINGING DECISIVE FORGE to bear quickly on any point of the globe by integrating the very different operating environments of air and space has been--and will continue to be--the US Air Force's primary function. Similarly, as General Jumper...

A change-challenge: the fire-support coordination "box". (Vortices).
September 22, 2002... Fire and maneuver win battles. The purpose of movement is to get fires in a more advantageous place to play on the enemy. [To this end] Air and Ground commanders must be constantly on the alert to devise and use new methods of cooperation......

A new construct for Air Force counterspace doctrine. (Vortices).
September 22, 2002... FEW PEOPLE WOULD argue with the suggestion that space operations, especially counterspace operations, will play an increasingly larger role in the Air Force's future. Unfortunately, Air Force counterspace doctrine is poorly developed and lacks...

Organic versus joint organization. (Vortices).(military organizational reform)
September 22, 2002... IN THE CLIMATE of the recent Quadrennial Defense Review, US Joint Forces Command's proposed experiments, and the secretary of defense's push for transformation, "jointness" has recently become a very visible issue. Unfortunately, many joint...

Transforming the submarine force: integrating undersea platforms into the joint global strike task force. (Vortices).
September 22, 2002... IN THE AIR FORCE Future Capabilities Game 2001, Blue force Trident nuclear submarines snugged up close to the Red country's coast, well inside the seaward perimeter of its integrated air defense system (IADS), and launched their payloads (fig....

Ira C. Eaker Award winners for the 2001-2002 academic year.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... First Place Dr. Thomas Hughes Second Place Lt Col Phil M. Haun Third Place Lt Col Martin Wojtysiak Congratulations to this year's winners! The award honors airpower pioneer Gen Ira C. Eaker and is made possible...

Airpower versus asymmetric enemies: a framework for evaluating effectiveness. (Features).
September 22, 2002... Editorial Abstract Evaluating airpower's political effectiveness in a conflict is not a straightforward proposition. This is certainly the case with asymmetric foes such as terrorist organizations. Professor Clodfelter presents an...

Historical perspectives on operational environment research and objective determination in air campaign planning. (Features).
September 22, 2002... Editorial Abstract The process of planning any air campaign includes five steps: operational environment research, objective determination, identification of centers of gravity, identification of strategy, and development of the joint air...

Argentine airpower in the Falklands War: an operational view. (Features).
September 22, 2002... Editorial Abstract Air warriors can learn many important lessons from the Falklands War. For example, the British experience demonstrated the value of long-range aerial early warning systems, while successful Argentine Exocet attacks...

A sea of peace or a theater of war? Dealing with the inevitable conflict in space. (Features).
September 22, 2002... Editorial Abstract How will the military use space? This question has been studied for over 40 years, most recently by the 2000 Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. Colonel Hyten assesses...

A global engagement enhancer: the international health specialist. (PIREP).
September 22, 2002... Editor's Note: PIREP is aviation short hand for pilot report. It's a means for one pilot to pass on current, potentially useful information to other pilots. In the same fashion, we will use this department to let readers know about air and...

The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment & On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power & Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age & Space Weapons, Earth Wars & Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower. (Review Essay).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment by Barry Watts. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (http://www.csbaonline.org), 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 912, Washington, D.C. 20036, 2001, 130 pages, $20.00. On the...

Luftwaffe Bomber Aces: Men, Machines, Methods. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Luftwaffe Bomber Aces: Men, Machines, Methods by Mike Spick. Greenhill/Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com/cgi-bin/StackpoleBooks.storefront), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055, 2001, 256 pages, $34.95. ...

Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service Independence. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service Independence by Robert P. White. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si.edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-2300, 2001, 192 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). It...

The Great War and the Twentieth Century. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Great War and the Twentieth Century edited by Jay Winter, Geoffrey Parker, and Mary R. Habeck. Yale University Press (http://www.yale.edu/yup), P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-9040, 2000, 336 pages, $30.00. The Great War...

Liaison 1914. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Liaison 1914 by Edward Spears. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (http://www.sterlingpublcom/search/SearchBookDisplay.asp?BookKey=6692 9) 387 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, 2001, 624 pages, $21.95. This book is the work of (then)...

Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I by Herbert A. Johnson. University of North Carolina Press (http://uncpress.unc.edu), 116 South Boundary Street, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2288, 2001, 320 pages,...

Hell in Hurtgen Forest: The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Hell in Hurtgen Forest: The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment by Robert Sterling Rush. University Press of Kansas (http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu), 2501 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3905, 2001, 400 pages, $34.95....

The Global Century: Globalization and National Security. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Global Century: Globalization and National Security edited by Richard L. Kugler and Ellen L. Frost. National Defense University Press (http://www.ndu.edu/inss/press/ndup2.html), Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319, 2001, 1,125...

No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident by Robert L. Bateman. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2002, 288 pages, $22.95. In 1999 a trio of Associated...

Jane's Battles with the Luftwaffe: The Bomber Campaign against Germany 1942-45. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Jane's Battles with the Luftwaffe: The Bomber Campaign against Germany, 1942-45 by Theo Boiten and Martin Bowman. HarperCollins (http://www.harpercollins.com./hc, 10 East 53d Street, New York, New York 10022, 240 pages, $44.95. In the...

War Wings: The United States and Chinese Military Aviation, 1929-1949. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... War Wings: The United States and Chinese Military Aviation, 1929-1949 by Guangqiu Xu. Greenwood Publishing Group (http://info.greenwood.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2001, 264 pages, $64.95. The transfer of...

Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II by Hans-Joachim Krug et al. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), 2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, Maryland 21401-6780, 2001, 456 pages, $38.95. ...

Rolling the Iron Dice: Historical Analogies and Decisions to Use Military Force in Regional Contingencies. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Rolling the Iron Dice: Historical Analogies and Decisions to Use Military Force in Regional Contingencies by Scot Macdonald. Greenwood Publishing Group (http://info.greenwood.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2000, 247...

Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo by Jeffrey Record. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), 2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, Maryland 21401-6780, 2002, 216...

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. Penguin Group (http://www.penguinputnam.com), 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, 2000, 400 pages, $13.95 (softcover). Black Hawk Down, a historical document written in the...

Reaching for the Stars: A New History of Bomber Command in World War II. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Reaching for the Stars: A New History of Bomber Command in World War II by Mark Connelly. I. B. Tauris Publishers (http://www.ibtauris.com), I. B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU, 2000, 206 pages, $35.00 (hardcover). Mark...

Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon by James R. Locher III. Texas A&M University Press (http://www.tamu.edu/upress), John H. Lindsey Building, Lewis Street, 4354 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843, 2002, 544...

US Allies in a Changing World. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... US Allies in a Changing World edited by Barry Rubin and Thomas A. Keaney. Frank Cass Publishers (http://www.frankcass.com, 5824 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, 2001, 294 pages, $54.50. This book is the product of a...

Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne by Robert M. Bowen, edited by Christopher J. Anderson. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania...

The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000 by Steven J. Zaloga. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si.edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-0950, 2002,...

The Forgotten Air Force: French Air Doctrine in the 1930s. (Net Assessment).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Forgotten Air Force: French Air Doctrine in the 1930s by Anthony Christopher Cain. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si.edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-0950, 2002, 248 pages, $34.95...

A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905. (Touch and Go).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905 by Tom D. Crouch. W. W. Norton & Company (http://www.wwnorton.com), 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110, 2002 (paperback reissue of 1989 edition), 352 pages, $14.95. The much...

The World Wide Military Command and Control System: Evolution and Effectiveness. (Touch and Go).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The World Wide Military Command and Control System: Evolution and Effectiveness by David E. Pearson. Air University Press (http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-6615, 2000, 414 pages,...

Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War against Germany. (Touch and Go).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War against Germany by Dmitriy Loza. Translated and edited by James F. Gebhardt. University Press of Kansas (http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu), 2501 West 15th Street, Lawrence,...

Flying Aces: Aviation Art of World War II. (Touch and Go).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Flying Aces: Aviation Art of World War II by James H. Kitchens and Bernard C. Nalty. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (http://www.sterlingpub.com/home/home.asp), 387 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, 2001, 144 pages, $19.95. Flying...