Mao, Air Power, and Victorian Warfare. A Strategy for Future Conflicts

Abstract

Future conflicts will post threats to US interests as US policy makers attempt to stabilize world situations. The resulting conflicts will like by of the small war variety, e.g., conflicts that must be resolved but are not directly threatening to vital or core US interests. Factions within these conflict areas will probably launch guerrilla operations as a counter to any conventional military involvement. Since the military instrument will probably be the option of choice to resolve these wars, a model within which to apply military force is essential to assure effective use of military force without weakening political resolve or conventional force capability. A historic model, the Victorian approach to warfare, effectively dealt with many small wars over a 100 year period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280540

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Ogan

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Local Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.