Restraining Air Power

Escalation Management between Peer Air Forces

Robert C. Owen, Lazar Berman, Benjamin S. Lambeth , Forrest E. Morgan

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English

The University Press of Kentucky
01 February 2023

Military history; Theory of warfare & military science; Air forces & warfare

Series: Aviation & Air Power

Is it possible for two combatants who possess equally strong air forces to conduct limited warfare by restraining air operations? In Restraining Air Power, Robert C. Owen and contributing authors aim to answer this question by providing theoretical and empirical assessments of restrained air warfare through five historical case studies since 1945. Through an objective analysis of the past, this collection evaluates the principles of escalation and escalation management in conventional warfare scenarios to better understand when, why, and how peer opponents in past conflicts have expanded or restrained air operations.

The surge in cyber warfare, the development of artificially intelligent weaponry, and the founding of the United States Space Force in 2019 mean that analysts and military planners must be prepared to think about escalation management and peer conflict in increasingly complicated and arduous ways. This comprehensive study provides readers with refined theoretical visions of the possibilities and challenges of managing escalation as a powerful mode of warfare between opponents who believe they must choose between sacrificing their own national interests or risking escalated destruction of their economies, military forces, and governing authority. The analysis within the pages of this volume updates our understanding of air warfare within a world of unprecedented military complexity and, as such, will hold immense value for specialists in advanced military studies as well as those studying international relations and history.

AUTHOR: Robert C. Owen is professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the former dean of the US Air Force's School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Prior to teaching, he spent twenty-eight years in the US Air Force and is an Air Force Command Pilot. He is the author of Air Mobility: A Brief History of the American Experience.

4 maps, 1 table, 16 b&w illustrations

By: Robert C. Owen, Lazar Berman, Benjamin S. Lambeth, Forrest E. Morgan, Steven Paget
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780813196015
ISBN 10: 0813196019
Series: Aviation & Air Power
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Robert C. Owen is professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and previous Dean of the US Air Force’s School of Advanced Airpower Studies. Prior to teaching, he spent 28 years in the US Air Force and is an Air Force Command Pilot. He is the author of Air Mobility: A Brief History of the American Experience. Steven Paget, the University of Portsmouth’s Director of Academic Support Services (International Security) at Royal Air Force College Cranwell, is a member of the editorial board of Air and Space Power Review.