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Autore |
Mueller Karl P |
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Denying flight : strategic options for employing no-fly zones / / Karl P. Mueller |
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Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8330-8181-0 |
0-8330-8182-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (40 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Air warfare |
Air power |
Air traffic rules, International |
Electronic books. |
United States Military policy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Denying Flight: Strategic Options for Employing No-Fly Zones; Keeping Their Feet on the Ground: No-Fly Zones in Theory and Practice; No-Fly Zone Precursors; Bosnia: Operation Deny Flight; Iraq: Operations Provide Comfort, Northern Watch, and Southern Watch; Libya: Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector; Variations on the Theme NFZ; Drawing a Line in the Sky; Dealing with Air Defenses; No-Fly Zone Objectives, Limitations, and Options; Preventing the Use of Airpower; Coercing Adversaries; Preparing Future Battlefields |
Weakening Potential EnemiesPolitical Posturing; Signaling or Creating Commitment; Future Employment of No-Fly Zones; Maximizing Coercive Potential; Looking Toward Syria; Vectors for Future Research; References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the past two decades, the U.S. Air Force has participated in three contingencies involving no-fly zones (NFZs) over Bosnia, Iraq, and Libya, and NFZ proposals have been proffered for some time as an |
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option for intervention in the Syrian civil war that would avoid placing Western troops on the ground. This paper is intended as a preliminary look at NFZs as a strategic approach in such situations, with an emphasis on the forms they might take, their potential utility, and their probable limitations. |
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