LEADER 02713oam 22006014a 450 001 9910311934703321 005 20210915043024.0 010 $a0-8157-2691-0 035 $a(CKB)2660000000035330 035 $a(EBL)2095192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001545765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16136005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12057444 035 $a(PQKB)11091468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2095192 035 $a(OCoLC)919201663 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47324 035 $a(ScCtBLL)009550eb-7c7e-466d-92fa-41cc595303e4 035 $a(EXLCZ)992660000000035330 100 $a20150806d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Future of Land Warfare$fMichael E. O'Hanlon 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cBrookings Institution Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 0 $aGeopolitics in the 21st century 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-2689-9 311 $a0-8157-2742-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: historical, strategic, and technological context -- Conflicts real, latent, and imaginable -- Scenarios with Russia or China -- Scenarios in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas -- Toward an army of the future for the United States -- The case for a million-soldier U.S. Army. 330 $aWhat happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense?In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. Drones, cyber weapons, special forces, and space weapons are in. Accordingly, Pentagon budget cuts have honed in on the army and ground forces: this, after the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,seems like an appealing idea. No one really wants American boots on the ground in bloody conflicts abroad. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars. A survey of the world's trouble spots suggests that land war 410 0$aGeopolitics in the 21st Century 606 $aWar$xForecasting 606 $aMilitary art and science$xForecasting 606 $aMilitary planning$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWar$xForecasting. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xForecasting. 615 0$aMilitary planning 676 $a355/.033573 700 $aO'Hanlon$b Michael E.$0552048 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910311934703321 996 $aThe Future of Land Warfare$92054615 997 $aUNINA