Landpower in the Long War: Projecting Force After 9/11

by Jason W. Warren (Editor), Daniel P. Bolger (Foreword by), J. Casey Doss (Epilogue by)

Overview

War and landpower's role in the twenty-first century is not just about military organizations, tactics, operations, and technology; it is also about strategy, policy, and social and political contexts. After fourteen years of war in the Middle East with dubious results, a diminished national reputation, and a continuing drawdown of troops with perhaps a future force increase proposed by the Trump administration, the role of landpower in US grand strategy will continue to evolve with changing geopolitical situations.

Landpower in the Long War: Projecting Force After 9/11, edited by Jason W. Warren, is the first holistic academic analysis of American strategic landpower. Divided into thematic sections, this study presents a comprehensive approach to a critical aspect of US foreign policy as the threat or ability to use force underpins diplomacy. The text begins with more traditional issues, such as strategy and civilian-military relations, and works its way to more contemporary topics, such as how socio-cultural considerations effect the landpower force. It also includes a synopsis of the suppressed Iraq report from one of the now retired leaders of that effort. The contributors—made up of an interdisciplinary team of political scientists, historians, and military practitioners—demonstrate that the conceptualization of landpower must move beyond the limited operational definition offered by Army doctrine in order to encompass social changes, trauma, the rule of law, acquisition of needed equipment, civil-military relationships, and bureaucratic decision-making, and argue that landpower should be a useful concept for warfighters and government agencies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813177571
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	06/14/2019
Series:	AUSA Books
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jason W. Warren, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, is future plans chief for defensive cyberspace at Fort Meade, Maryland. He is the author of Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676, editor of Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, and coeditor of The Many Faces of War.

Table of Contents

Foreward
Introduction
Variable Heroism: Landpower in US Grant Strategy since 9/11
The Revolution in Military Affairs and Strategic Thought in the US Military, 1991-2003
Strategic Landpower: Applications at the Nexus of Deviant Globalization and Non-State Actors
Civil-Military Relations Post 9/11
The Tortured Path to Strategic Failure: US Landpower in Iraq 2003-2011
Denying Sanctuary: A Strategic Analysis of OEF
Reading Manila, Thinking Wiesbaden: Current Parallels to Pre-World War II Army Unpreparedness
Mountain Storm: Counterinsurgency and the Air-Ground Task Force as a Microcosm of Marine Landpower Projection
Not Only Above, But Among: American Airpower and Leadership into the Twenty-First Century
The Damaged Alliance: The Intelligence Community, the Military, and the Sociopolitical System that Influences Them
Implications of US Policy on East Asian Allied Projection of Landpower
ISIS's Projection of Landpower in Iraq
Stryker Brigade Combat Team vs Future Combat System: An Institutional After Action Report on Innovation in the Transformation Decade
On Headquarters: Use and Abuse of Army Operational Headquarters (and Contracting) from 2001 to 2015
Intergrating the Components: The Army National Guard within the Total Army
Landpower and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
Willing and Qualified: Social and Cultural Considerations and the Generation of Landpower in the Global War on Terrorism
Post-Traumatic Stress (Disorder) in the Post-9/11 World
Epilogue

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

" Landpower in the Long War is an important book that deserves a wide readership. That is because, in our democracy, if the American people do not understand the requirements for national defense, they will not provide the resources necessary to preserve peace and protect the American people and our way of life. The contributors to this volume debunk myths about national security and explain the foundational role that land forces play in deterring potential enemies and achieving sustainable political outcomes in war." — H. R. McMaster, former National Security Advisor of the United States

"Warren's volume offers important and diverse perspectives on the political value of modern conventional and unconventional landpower." — Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army War College

Conrad C. Crane

"This provocative collection analyzes the bureaucratic, cultural, intellectual, and organizational challenges that have limited the effectiveness of contemporary American landpower. With the continuing decline of Western militaries and complexity of current threats, that set of capabilities may be more essential now than ever before."

H. R. McMaster

"Landpower in the Long War is an important book that deserves a wide readership. That is because, in our democracy, if the American people do not understand the requirements for national defense, they will not provide the resources necessary to preserve peace and protect the American people and our way of life. The contributors to this volume debunk myths about national security and explain the foundational role that land forces play in deterring potential enemies and achieving sustainable political outcomes in war."

Michael E. O'Hanlon

"This fine compilation of smart essays on the future of land power makes for an excellent reference at a time when the United States remains confused about the future purpose of its Army in particular.  Do we think that large-scale ground warfare is obsolete, or do we expect it against Russia or China?  Is a North Korea scenario of major concern or is it fading as a matter of core defense policy and planning?  Are soldiers less important in an era of computers, AI, robotics, and hypersonics than they used to be?  None of these questions are yet resolved in the US defense debate of the post–Iraq and Afghanistan surge era; indeed, none could be.  As such, this tome is not only smart and well-researched, but highly topical and relevant to future American national security policymaking."

Antulio J. Echevarria II

"Warren's volume offers important and diverse perspectives on the political value of modern conventional and unconventional landpower."

Editorial Reviews

Warren's volume offers important and diverse perspectives on the political value of modern conventional and unconventional landpower.

Antulio J. Echevarria II

Landpower in the Long War is an important book that deserves a wide readership. That is because, in our democracy, if the American people do not understand the requirements for national defense, they will not provide the resources necessary to preserve peace and protect the American people and our way of life. The contributors to this volume debunk myths about national security and explain the foundational role that land forces play in deterring potential enemies and achieving sustainable political outcomes in war.

H.R. McMaster

This fine compilation of smart essays on the future of land power makes for an excellent reference at a time when the United States remains confused about the future purpose of its Army in particular.  Do we think that large-scale ground warfare is obsolete, or do we expect it against Russia or China?  Is a North Korea scenario of major concern or is it fading as a matter of core defense policy and planning?  Are soldiers less important in an era of computers, AI, robotics, and hypersonics than they used to be?  None of these questions are yet resolved in the US defense debate of the post–Iraq and Afghanistan surge era; indeed, none could be.  As such, this tome is not only smart and well-researched, but highly topical and relevant to future American national security policymaking.

Michael E. O'Hanlon

This provocative collection analyzes the bureaucratic, cultural, intellectual, and organizational challenges that have limited the effectiveness of contemporary American landpower. With the continuing decline of Western militaries and complexity of current threats, that set of capabilities may be more essential now than ever before.

Conrad C. Crane

Landpower in the Long War is an important book that deserves a wide readership. That is because, in our democracy, if the American people do not understand the requirements for national defense, they will not provide the resources necessary to preserve peace and protect the American people and our way of life. The contributors to this volume debunk myths about national security and explain the foundational role that land forces play in deterring potential enemies and achieving sustainable political outcomes in war.

H. R. McMaster