TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lorell,Mark A.
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - Airpower in peripheral conflict: the French experience in Africa 
SN  - 0833009370
AV  - UG635.F8 L67 1989
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - France
KW  - Armée de l'air
KW  - History
KW  - Aeronautics, Military
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Chad
KW  - Civil War, 1965-
KW  - Aerial operations, French
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "January 1989."; "Project Air Force"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-79); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - This report reviews French Air Force (FAF) involvement in military operations outside of Europe after the early 1960s and then more closely examines FAF operations in Chad from 1978 through mid-1987. Part of a larger RAND research effort aimed at enhancing the future effectiveness of U.S. Air Force air power in peripheral conflicts, this study assesses (1) the relative effectiveness of air power in French overseas operations; (2) the constraints placed on the use of air power and how they influenced its effectiveness; and (3) the unique aspects of FAF force structure, equipment, organization, doctrine employment concepts, and training designed specifically for peripheral operations. The author concludes that, in response to growing military capabilities of Third World opponents, air power has become an increasingly critical component of French overseas projection forces. However, French experience confirms that air power can make a decisive contribution in peripheral conflicts only when it is combined with aggressive joint land operations
UR  - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3660/
ER  -