Restraining Air Power: Escalation Management Between Peer Air Forces

Owen, Robert C./ Berman, Lazar/ Lambeth, Benjamin S./ Morgan, Forrest E./ Paget, Steven

ISBN 10: 0813196019 / ISBN 13: 9780813196015

Published by Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2022

272 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.79 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0813196019

Synopsis:

Is it possible for two combatants who possess equally strong air forces to conduct limited warfare by restraining air operations? In Restraining Air Power, Robert C. Owen asks this question and allows contributing authors to provide theoretical and empirical assessments of restrained air warfare through five historical case studies since 1945. Through an objective analysis of the past, this collection evaluates the principles of escalation and escalation management in conventional warfare scenarios to better understand when, why, and how peer opponents in past conflicts have expanded or restrained air operations. The surge in cyber warfare, the development of artificially intelligent weaponry, and the founding of the US Space Force in 2019 means that analysts and military planners must be prepared to think about escalation management and peer conflict in increasingly complicated and challenging ways. This comprehensive study provides readers with refined theoretical visions of the possibilities and challenges of managing escalation as a powerful mode of warfare between opponents who believe they must choose between sacrificing their own national interests or risking escalated destruction of their economies, military forces, and governing authority. The analysis within the pages of this volume is an attempt to update our understanding of air warfare within a world of unprecedented military complexity and, as such, will hold immense value for specialists in advanced military studies as well as those studying international relations and history.

About the Author: Robert C. Owen is professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and previous Dean of the US Air Force’s School of Advanced Airpower Studies. Prior to teaching, he spent 28 years in the US Air Force and is an Air Force Command Pilot. He is the author of Air Mobility: A Brief History of the American Experience.







Steven Paget, the University of Portsmouth’s Director of Academic Support Services (International Security) at Royal Air Force College Cranwell, is a member of the editorial board of Air and Space Power Review.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Restraining Air Power: Escalation Management...
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New