21st Century Power

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21st Century Power

Strategic Superiority for the Modern Era

Military history

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Collection: 21st Century Foundations

Language: English

Published by: Naval Institute Press

Published on: 15th April 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 684 Kb

ISBN: 9781682473146


Overview

This book uses the 21st Century Foundations series format to re-introduce to the military community the writings of General Thomas S. Power, the third Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command (SAC).

Contents and Themes

His unappreciated works contain many insights into military topics such as technology and the arms race, the nature of deterrence, and the military utility of space. Unifying all of these writings was Power’s quest to maintain nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union.

Relevance Today

Although Power is considered a quintessential Cold Warrior, his ideas are timely considering today’s challenges of re-energizing the morale and technology of U.S. strategic forces in the wake of foreign advances, discerning what deterrence means in the “Second Nuclear Age”, and planning the future of space and cyber power.

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