Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower - Couverture souple

Smith, M V

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410217558 ISBN 13 : 9781410217554

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2004

Synopsis

Major M. V. Smith's Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower is an important contribution to the spacepower literature. Within weeks of being written, an early draft found its way into the various colleges around Air University's Academic Circle. Within months it reached colleges and universities across the United States and even the international academic community. Major Smith's work begins to quench the growing thirst among those seeking to understand elements contributing to spacepower. More importantly, it offers a view of what spacepower will mean for the United States in the coming decades. I believe Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower will live up to its aim: assisting political leaders, military professionals, and interested citizens to understand better the nature of space as a source of national and military power. It is a "must read" that belongs at the very top of your reading list. Lance W. Lord General, USAF Commander, Air Force Space Command

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As political and military leaders ponder the future of space operations, the time has come to frame propositions regarding spacepower. Specifically, this study seeks to answer the question, “What is the nature of spacepower?” It also tests the aerospace integration school’s hypothesis that space power is simply a continuation or extension of airpower. Two points come immediately to the forefront of this work. First, spacepower is different from airpower even though both share the vertical dimension of warfare. Second, space operations have matured to a point wherein valid and unique propositions regarding spacepower are identifiable. The method used to derive these propositions involved literary research that resulted in a long list. The list evolved over three years during numerous brainstorming sessions with several space experts – most of them space weapons officers with theater and, often, combat experience – until the list was carefully refined into the 10 most salient propositions. The author deferred to Col. Phillip S. Meilinger’s approach, in “Ten Propositions Regarding Air Power,” of citing each proposition as a thesis statement, with supporting material immediately following. The objective of this work is to stimulate discussions and encourage those who do not yet understand or appreciate the nature of spacepower in modern warfare.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410217558
• ISBN 13: 9781410217554
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible