Anti-Access Warfare (eBook)

Countering A2/AD Strategies

Sam J Tangredi (Autor)

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2013
320 Seiten
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
9781612511870 (ISBN)

Infos

The book is the definitive conceptual and historical introduction to the concept of anti-access strategies. Unlike current studies, it is not simply technology focused. Nor is it primarily intended as critique of the current Air-Sea Battle concept. It combines conceptual thinking with historical examples and potential scenarios in order to identify options for future defense planning.Strategies of anti-access, also known as area denial (more recently combined into the awkward acronym A2/AD) are presumed to be the primary threats to the employment of U.S. military forces in overseas crises. This presumption has gradually evolved into a joint concept of operational access. Anti-access capabilities appear to be the current military posture of the Peoples Republic of China and Islamic Republic of Iran. The study of anti-access or area denial strategies for use against American power projection capabilities has strong naval rootswhich have been largely ignored by the most influential commentators. In reality, denial of access was the Soviet Navys operational objective during the Cold War. The first use of the actual anti-access term can be traced to a series of anti-Navy studies by the Office of Net Assessment designed to examine the ability of the U.S. Navy to carry out its Maritime Strategy and, later, From the Sea strategic vision. Sustained long-range power projection is both a unique strength of U.S. military forces and a requirement for an activist foreign policy and forward defense. In more recent years, the logic of the anti-access approach has been identified by the Department of Defense as a threat to this U.S. capability and the joint force; countering it is one of the defense priorities identified in the Presidents directions issued this past January. In addition to potential regional powers, a number of think-tanks have suggested that non-state actors, such as terrorist organizations, are developing anti-access/area denial capabilities.The books conclusions differ from most commentary on anti-access. Rather than a technology-driven post-Cold War phenomenon, the anti-access approach has been a routine element of grand strategy used by strategically weaker powers to confront stronger powers throughout history. But they have been largely unsuccessful when confronting a stronger maritime power. Although high technology weapons capabilities enhance the threat, they also can be used to mitigate the threat. Rather than arguing against reliance on maritime forcespresumably because they are no longer survivablethe historical analysis argues that maritime capabilities are key in breaking the great walls.

Autor

Sam J. Tangredi is a defense strategist whose studies of the future warfare prompted Defense officials to label him the Navy’s futurist.” His 30 year naval career included command at sea, service in key strategic planning positions in the Pentagon, earning a Ph.D. in International Relations, and research fellowships at two think-tanks. His publications have won awards including the U.S. Naval Institute’s Arleigh Burke Prize and the U.S. Navy League’s Alfred Thayer Mahan Award. He is currently the Director of San Diego Operations for the planning-consulting firm Strategic Insight and lives in Coronado, CA.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-13: 9781612511870 / 9781612511870