TY  - GEN
N2  - This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but the modern conditions of counter-insurgency warfare and military operations "other than war" (such as peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance) demand a military capable of modulated force. By providing a capacity to intervene deftly yet effectively, the new generations of "useable" weaponry should enable the U.S. military to accomplish its demanding missions in a manner consistent with legal obligations, public relations realities, and political constraints. Five case studies are provided, regarding precision-guided "smart bombs," low-yield nuclear weapons, self-neutralizing anti-personnel land mines, directed-energy anti-satellite weapons, and non-lethal weapons.
AB  - This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but the modern conditions of counter-insurgency warfare and military operations "other than war" (such as peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance) demand a military capable of modulated force. By providing a capacity to intervene deftly yet effectively, the new generations of "useable" weaponry should enable the U.S. military to accomplish its demanding missions in a manner consistent with legal obligations, public relations realities, and political constraints. Five case studies are provided, regarding precision-guided "smart bombs," low-yield nuclear weapons, self-neutralizing anti-personnel land mines, directed-energy anti-satellite weapons, and non-lethal weapons.
T1  - Death by moderationthe U.S. Military's quest for useable weapons /
DA  - c2010.
CY  - Cambridge ;
CY  - New York :
AU  - Koplow, David A.,
CN  - Proquest Ebook Central
CN  - UF503
PB  - Cambridge University Press,
PP  - Cambridge ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - c2010.
N1  - Description based on print version record.
ID  - 351685
KW  - Military weapons
KW  - Weapons systems
KW  - Precision guided munitions
KW  - Tactical nuclear weapons
KW  - Land mines
KW  - Anti-satellite weapons
KW  - Nonlethal weapons
SN  - 9780511656712 (electronic bk.)
TI  - Death by moderationthe U.S. Military's quest for useable weapons /
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