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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; Foreword; About the Authors' Acknowledgments; Introduction; Afterword; Abbreviations; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with drawings, graphs and charts. "Sound air base defense ensures that America and its allies can project combat airpower when and where it's needed against a broad range of threats. Leaders and Airmen of all backgrounds will benefit from the lessons in this book, which are based on our hard-won experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan." - Gen Mike Hostage, Air Combat Command, commander, and foremr commander, Air Forces Central. "Colonel Caudill and his colleagues have done the Air Force a great service by updating the history of air base defense inside the ground combat zone. The essays within will help readers develop a better understanding of the irregular threat and the effectiveness of the strategies and techniques that have been used to counter them. Every Air Force leader who deploys to Afghanistan, or to a future base located inside the ground combat zone, would be well-served to read this informative work." - Dr. Bert Frandsen, author and USAF Air War College, associate professor. "When I began my career over 30 years ago, we primarily viewed airpower as rated aircrew operating combat aircraft, dropping bombs on targets. Today, airpower means so much more. Just take a look at the latest edition of the Chief of Staff's Portraits in Courage. Of the 20 Airmen whose heroic accomplishments are highlighted, the vast majority are nonrated and enlisted. But all delivered airpower on the front lines of combat, Colonel Caudill and his colleagues have done a fantastic job of highlighting this definitional expansion through the lens of air base defense. All American Airmen should consider this book a "must read" if they want a fuller understanding of what our service brings to the joint fight." - Lt. Gen David Fadok, Air University, commander and president. "Airbase defense is truly a joint and coalition forces endeavor, and this book reopens a dormant historiography in this important field. I'm pleased that a Canadian perspective is included, which provides a comprehensive examination of western approaches to base defense. Air Force leaders would be well served by examining the topics in this book as they prepare for the challenges of irregular and future warfare." - Maj Gen J.J.P. (Pierre) St-Amand, commander I Canadian AIr Division/Canadian NORAD Region, Royal Canadian Air Force.