LEADER 02506nam 22005054a 450 001 9910219988203321 005 20240513062739.0 010 $a0-8330-4053-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000474843 035 $a(EBL)618737 035 $a(OCoLC)695010433 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL618737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10152599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC618737 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000474843 100 $a20050111d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAir power against terror $eAmerica's conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom /$fBenjamin S. Lambeth 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND Corp.$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (456 p.) 300 $a"MG-166." 311 $a0-8330-3724-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-411). 327 $aCover; Preface; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - A Nation Girds for War; Chapter Three - The United States Strikes Back; Chapter Four - A Shift in Strategy; Chapter Five - Operation Anaconda; Chapter Six - Distinctive Aspects and Achievements; Chapter Seven - Problems in Execution; Chapter Eight - Conclusions; Bibliography 330 $aThe terrorist attacks of 9/11 plunged the United States into a determined counteroffensive against Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. This report details the initial U.S. military response to those attacks, namely, the destruction of al QaedaA?s terrorist infrastructure and the removal of the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The author emphasizes several distinctive achievements in this war, including the use of precision air-delivered weapons that were effective irrespective of weather, the first combat use of Predator unmanned aerial vehicles armed with Hellfire missiles 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$zUnited States 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xAerial operations, American 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 676 $a958.104/6 700 $aLambeth$b Benjamin S$0904730 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219988203321 996 $aAir power against terror$92023208 997 $aUNINA