U.s. Military Power And Rapid Deployment Requirements In The 1980s

"Sherwood S. Cordier As an independent observer, Dr. Cordier finds a middle course between the policies of the Reagan administration and those of its opponents in Congress. Currently a professor of history at Western Michigan University, he is the author of The Air and Sea Lanes of the North Atlantic: Their Security in the 1980s. "

• Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction -- The Web of Interdependence: The United States in a World Economy -- Intervention in the Third World: Soviet Doctrine and Operations -- Instruments of Soviet Intervention: Tactical Airpower, Transport Aviation, and Airborne Forces -- Instruments of Soviet Intervention: The Navy and Merchant Fleet -- U.S. Mobile Forces and the Defense of Western Interests -- Land Based Tactical Airpower -- Light Forces of the U.S. Army -- The Marine Corps -- Strategie Mobility: Airlift and Sealift -- The U.S. Navy and the Super Carrier -- Force Projection at Sea -- Conclusion