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_b.L4846 1990
100 1 _aLesser, Ian O.,
_d1957-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aInterdiction and conventional strategy :
_bprevailing perceptions /
_cIan O. Lesser.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1990.
300 _axi, 53 pages ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aA RAND note ;
_v3097
500 _a"June 1990."
500 _aThis research was conducted in "Project Air Force Theater Forces Program"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 51-53).
520 _aPerceptions 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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aStrategy.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bTheater Force Employment Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
830 0 _aRand note ;
_v3097.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3097/
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_d598604