1st Edition

The Future of US Warfare

By Scott N. Romaniuk, Francis Grice Copyright 2017
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the future of US warfare, including its military practices and the domestic and global challenges it faces. The need to undertake a comprehensive analysis about the future of warfare for the US is more pressing today than ever before. New technologies and adversaries, both old and new, have the potential to revolutionize how wars are fought, and... Read more
 

Introduction: Lessons of the Past for Future War, Francis Grice

PART I: Strategy and Joint Warfare

1. Speaking Identity: Security Practice and US Foreign Policy, Scott N. Romaniuk & Emeka T. Njoku

2. National Security Strategy and Threats, William A. Taylor

3. ‘Full Spectrum Dominance:’ US National Security Doctrine in the New Global Security Environment, Scott N. Romaniuk & Tobias Burgers

PART II: Non-Traditional Warfare

4. Asymmetrical Warfare: Challenges Today and Tomorrow, Frank Jacob

5. The Moral, Physical, and Technological: Communication and the Wars of the 21st Century, John M. Callahan

6. A Three-Pronged Proposal for the Future of US counterinsurgency: Military Peace with Economic Incentives and Political Devolution, Glenn M. E. Duerr

7. Frontiers of Unconventional Warfare: US Special Operations Forces Overseas, Roger Chapman

8. The US Home Front: Drug Cartels and Security along the US-Mexico Border, Martin S. Catino

9. Psychological Warfare: US Covert Paramilitary Operations in Indonesia and Iraq, Suzie Sri Suparin S. Sudarman & Senia Febrica

10. The US and ‘Small Footprint’ Advising in Colombia: A Model for Future Military Intervention, Jorge E. Delgado

11. The Utility of Force in Cities: Future Challenges of US Army Urban Stabilization Efforts, Antônio Sampaio

PART III: New and Reinvigorated Technology

12. Toward Robotic Warfare, Łukasz Kamieński

13. Nuclear Policy and Strategy, B. D. Mowell

14. The Future of US Hegemony in the Middle East: US-Israel-China Military Technology Development and Acquisition, Abdelrahman Rashdan

15. Veblen and the Impacts of Stealth Technology in War, Ronald Lorenzo & Tony Tai-Ting Liu

16. The Military Effectiveness of Stealth Aircraft and US Warfare, Shih-Yueh Yang

Conclusion: Reflections on the Future of US Warfare, Scott N. Romaniuk

Biography

Scott N. Romaniuk is a PhD candidate in International Studies at the University of Trento, Italy.

Francis Grice is Visiting Assistant Professor at McDaniel College, USA.