1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777377403321

Titolo

Aerospace operations in urban environments [[electronic resource] ] : exploring new concepts / / Alan Vick ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000

ISBN

0-8330-4391-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VickAlan

Disciplina

355.4/26

Soggetti

Urban warfare

Air warfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-1187-AF"--P. 4 of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285).

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""PROJECT AIR FORCE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""KEY FINDINGS""; ""THE NEED FOR IMPROVED URBAN OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES""; ""NEW CONCEPTS""; ""NEXT STEPS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""HOW LIKELY ARE URBAN OPERATIONS?""; ""THE NATURE OF URBAN MILITARY OPERATIONS""; ""From Rubble to Routine""; ""Redefining Warfare, Not Service Roles""; ""PURPOSE""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""USING AEROSPACE POWER TO PREVENT THE URBAN FIGHT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOW AEROSPACE POWER CAN FORESTALL URBAN OPERATIONS""

""Anatomy of an Urban Military Operation""""Comparative Advantages of Aerospace Power""; ""Preclusion Strategies""; ""WHERE PRECLUSIONARY STRATEGIES MAY HAVE WORKED""; ""Al Khafji""; ""Kuwait City""; ""Southern Lebanon""; ""WHERE AEROSPACE POWER FAILED TO PREVENT URBAN COMBAT""; ""Lessons Learned""; ""The Second Chechen Battle""; ""WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES LEAVE NO CHOICE""; ""As a Tool for Joint Force Commanders""; ""The Limits of Aerospace Power in Urban Operations""; ""SUMMARY""; ""LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON URBAN AEROSPACE OPERATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""LEGAL CONSTRAINTS ON URBAN AEROSPACE OPERATIONS""""Reciprocal Legal Duties and the DefenderÃŒs Obligations""; ""The International Legal Challenges of Urban Environments""; ""POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON URBAN OPERATIONS""; ""Sensitivity to American



Casualties""; ""Sensitivity to Collateral Damage and Civilian Suffering""; ""RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND TARGETING""; ""THE ASYMMETRY OF CONSTRAINTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""AEROSPACE OPERATIONS AND THE URBAN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE NATURE OF URBAN TERRAIN""; ""Urban Terrain Zones and Their Characteristics""

""Air Defenses on Urban Terrain""""SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""Sensor Cueing in the Urban Environment and a New Cueing Concept""; ""Target Identification/Tracking in the Urban Environment""; ""EO Sensors Versus Targets on Rooftops and in Streets""; ""EO Sensors Versus Targets Inside Buildings""; ""AERIAL WEAPON DELIVERY IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""Aerial Weapon Trajectories and the Geometry of Urban Terrain""; ""Weapon Effects and Urban Terrain""; ""AIRLIFT IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""

""NEW CONCEPTS FOR ACCOMPLISHING KEY TASKS IN URBAN OPERATIONS""""INTRODUCTION""; ""STOP MOVEMENT OF COMBATANTS, VEHICLES, AND EQUIPMENT""; ""PROVIDE RAPID, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGERY FOR TARGET ID""; ""DETECT AND NEUTRALIZE ADVERSARY AMBUSH POSITIONS""; ""DETECT AND NEUTRALIZE SNIPERS""; ""MONITOR HIGH-PRIORITY TARGETS""; ""RESUPPLY ISOLATED FRIENDLY GROUND FORCES""; ""PROVIDE CLOSE SUPPORT FOR GROUND FORCES""; ""THE ROLE OF THE JOINT CONTROL CENTER""; ""ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN AEROSPACE OPERATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Key Functions and the Scope of Air Force Involvement""



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248173803316

Autore

Dunning Chester S. L. <1949->

Titolo

The uncensored Boris Godunov : the case for Pushkin's original Comedy, with annotated text and translation / / Chester Dunning ; with Caryl Emerson [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-282-26972-0

9786612269721

0-299-20763-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 550 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Publications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

EmersonCaryl

PushkinAleksandr Sergeevich <1799-1837.>

Disciplina

891.72/3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-534) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reconsidering history and expanding the canon / Caryl Emerson and Chester Dunning -- The problem of Boris Godunov : a review of interpretations and the so-called canonical text / Chester Dunning -- The exiled poet-historian and the creation of his comedy / Chester Dunning -- The tragic fate of Pushkin's comedy / Chester Dunning -- The world of laughter in Pushkin's comedy / Sergei Fomichev -- Tragedy, comedy, carnival, and history on stage / Caryl Emerson -- The ebb and flow of influence : muffling the comedic in the move toward print / Caryl Emerson -- Boris Godunov and the Russian literary canon / Caryl Emerson and Chester Dunning.