1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463616503321

Titolo

Airpower reborn : the strategic concepts of John Warden and John Boyd / / edited by John Andreas Olsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61251-806-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The History of Military Aviation Series

Disciplina

358.4/03

Soggetti

Air power

Air warfare

Strategy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: airpower and strategy / John Andreas Olsen -- Paradigm lost: airpower theory and its historical struggles / Peter Faber -- The enemy as a complex adaptive system: John Boyd and airpower in the postmodern era / Frans Osinga -- Smart strategy, smart airpower / John A. Warden III -- Fifth-generation strategy / Alan Stephens -- Airpower theory / Colin S. Gray.

Sommario/riassunto

Airpower Reborn offers a conceptual approach to warfare that emphasizes airpower's unique capability to achieve strategic effects. Six world-leading theorists argue that a viable strategy must transcend the purely military sphere, view the adversary as a multi-dimensional system, and pursue systemic paralysis and strategic effects rather than military destruction or attrition.The book is divided into three parts. The first section presents a historical perspective on airpower theory and airpower strategy, tracing their evolution from the 1920s to the 1980s. The second section contains in-depth



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703004203321

Titolo

Industry's role in supporting health, safety, and environmental standards [[electronic resource] ] : options and models for the offshore oil and gas sector

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, , [2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (16 pages)

Collana

Staff working paper ; ; no. 9

Soggetti

Offshore oil industry - Safety regulations - United States

Offshore oil industry - Environmental aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 16, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.