| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 151 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
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Rand Corporation monograph series
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Rand Corporation monograph series.
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| Note |
"MG-681-AF"--Page 4 of cover. |
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Prepared for the United States Air Force. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Perspectives on potential threats to stability and security in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the surrounding regions -- Alternative security relationships -- Long-term roles for the U.S. Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Conclusions and recommendations. |
| Summary |
"The United States is heavily invested -- diplomatically, economically, and militarily -- in Iraq and Afghanistan, and developments in these two nations will affect not only their own interests but those of their neighbors and the United States as well. The authors emphasize that the United States must clarify its long-term intentions to the governments and peoples in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the surrounding regions. They describe possible regional security structures and bilateral U.S. relationships with both countries. The authors recommend that the United States offer a wide range of security cooperation activities to future governments in Kabul and Baghdad that are willing to work with the United States but should also develop plans that hedge against less-favorable contingencies. Finally, arguing that the U.S. Air Force could remain heavily tasked in Iraq and Afghanistan even after major U.S. troop withdrawals, they recommend that the United States provide increased, sustained resources for development of the Iraqi and Afghan airpower, because the greater the emphasis on building these capabilities now, the faster indigenous air forces will be able to operate independently and the operational demands on the U.S. Air Force will diminish."--Publisher's website. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
United States. Air Force.
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United States. Air Force. |
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Iraq -- Military relations -- United States.
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Iraq. |
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Military relations. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Military relations -- Iraq.
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Afghanistan -- Military relations -- United States.
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Afghanistan. |
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United States -- Military relations -- Afghanistan.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Thaler, David E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Future U.S. security relationships with Iraq and Afghanistan. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2008 9780833041975 0833041975 (DLC) 2008023903 (OCoLC)230730122 |
| ISBN |
9780833046390 (electronic book) |
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083304639X (electronic book) |
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1282033247 |
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9781282033245 |
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661203324X |
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9786612033247 |
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9780833041975 |
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0833041975 |
| Standard No. |
9786612033247 |
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