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BL
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996386
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b750756
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Mets, David R.
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| Title & Author
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The long search for a surgical strike : : precision munitions and the revolution in military affairs /\ David R. Mets.
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| Publication Statement
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. :: Air University Press,, [2001]
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| Series Statement
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CADRE paper ;; no. 12
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1 online resource.
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| ISBN
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1585660965
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9781585660964
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| Notes
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"October 2001."
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Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 7, 2003).
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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What is the revolution in military affairs (RMA)? -- What were the notions of the first airpower advocates of RMA? -- How did RMA work out in wars from 1939 to 1972? -- Korea -- Vietnam -- Yom Kippur War, 1973 -- War and technology in the 1990s : has the last sanctuary been closed? -- The remaining humanitarian sanctuary and doctrinal implications -- Organizational implications.
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| Abstract
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"Dr. David R. Mets[alpha]s The Long Search for a Surgical Strike: Precision Munitions and the Revolution in Military Affairs is a broad, thought-provoking examination of the relationship between the advancement in conventional weapons guidance technology and the [beta]revolution in military affairs[gamma] (RMA). He defines an RMA as a rapid change in military technology, doctrine, and organization leading to a sweeping new way that wars are fought. Dr. Mets then considers whether the improvement in conventional air weapons accuracy since World War II is the foundation, the main pillar, one of the principal supports, or is irrelevant to the RMA₂which is said to be afoot. Clearly, the air theorists of the 1920s were fully persuaded that indeed a revolution was afoot. Equally clearly, the visions of Giulio Douhet, William [beta]Billy[gamma] Mitchell, and the Air Corps Tactical School were no more than partially fulfilled in World War II. Dr. Mets also explores the degree to which the shortcomings of aerial weapons were responsible for the denial of their visions and the degree to which those inadequacies were overcome in the conflicts that followed. He closes with an estimate as to whether their dreams of a revolution are about to be ful-filled."--Forward.
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Air power-- History.
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Air power-- United States.
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Precision guided munitions-- History.
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Precision guided munitions-- United States.
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Air power.
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Precision guided munitions.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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359/.00973
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| LC Classification
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UG630.M37823 2001
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| Added Entry
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Air University (U.S.)., Press.
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| Parallel Title
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Precision munitions and the revolution in military affairs
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