Defending air bases in an age of insurgency / edited by Shannon W. Caudill.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | [Volume 1]: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2014. |
| Publication | Volume 2: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2019. |
| Publication | Volume 3: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo56453 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Caudill, Shannon W., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Air University (U.S.). Press publisher. |
| Other author/creator | Air University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute, issuing body. |
| Other author/creator | Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, issuing body. |
| Contents | [volume 1]. [Without special title] -- volume 2. [Without special title] -- volume 3. Integrated base defense principles for commanders. |
| Partial contents | [Volume 1]: Introduction -- Part 1. Historical and international perspectives -- A short history of air base defense: from World War I to Iraq -- A Canadian perspective on air base ground defense: ad hoc is not good enough -- Air support for base defense: lessons for the noncontiguous battlefield -- Part 2. Case study -- Balad air base, Iraq. -- Defending the joint force: lesons learned from Joint Base Balad -- The defense of Joint Base Balad: an analysis -- Part 3. There is no "rear area" : changes to air base defense in a counterinsurgency environment -- The Air Force's new ground war : ensuring projection of air and space power through expeditionary security operations -- Sharpening the eagle's talons : assessing advances in air base defense doctrine -- Setting the right glide slope : preparing the Air Force for the next counterinsurgency campaign -- Part 4. Organizing for the future -- Nowhere to hide : the growing threat to air bases -- Law enforcement and base defense : improving interoperability to benefit the war fighter -- Conclusion : ten propositions on the defense of air bases -- Afterword -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography. |
| General note | [Volume I] lacks index. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed Mar. 30, 2015). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Caudill, Shannon W. Defending air bases in an age of insurgency. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2014 9781585662418 |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| GPO item number | 0422-K (online) |
| Govt. docs number | D 301.26/6:IN 7/ |