02400cam a2200433 i 4500 rnd000000000048553 RAND 920212s1990 cau b 000 0 eng d 91109169 0833017225 RAND/N-3097-AF (Sirsi) a190530 $23.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UA23 .L4846 1990 Lesser, Ian O., 1957- author. Interdiction and conventional strategy : prevailing perceptions / Ian O. Lesser. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1990. xi, 53 pages ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier A RAND note ; 3097 "June 1990." This research was conducted in "Project Air Force Theater Forces Program"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53). Perceptions about interdiction's role, effects, and relationship to conventional war continue to be shaped largely by images drawn from the Allied experience in Europe during World War II, but these are increasingly remote from the current and prospective environment. Destruction, delay and disruption, diversion, and demoralization do not have uniform prospects for success. The effects of interdiction are likely to be interactive, divisible, and in some instances, intangible. Broader strategic factors, including war duration, intensity, and phases, will shape the opportunities for interdiction. A war of high intensity and long duration will favor a strategy of interdiction. An environment characterized by smaller conventional forces on the one hand and unconstrained surface-to-air defenses on the other is likely to make the interdiction mission at once more important and more difficult. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Strategy. United States Military policy. Project Air Force (U.S.). Theater Force Employment Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Air Force. Rand note ; 3097. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3097/ 598604 598604