Table of Contents:
  • [volume 1]. [Without special title]
  • volume 2. [Without special title]
  • volume 3. Integrated base defense principles for commanders.
  • [Volume 1]: Introduction
  • Part 1. Historical and international perspectives
  • A short history of air base defense: from World War I to Iraq
  • A Canadian perspective on air base ground defense: ad hoc is not good enough
  • Air support for base defense: lessons for the noncontiguous battlefield
  • Part 2. Case study
  • Balad air base, Iraq.
  • Defending the joint force: lesons learned from Joint Base Balad
  • The defense of Joint Base Balad: an analysis
  • Part 3. There is no "rear area" : changes to air base defense in a counterinsurgency environment
  • The Air Force's new ground war : ensuring projection of air and space power through expeditionary security operations
  • Sharpening the eagle's talons : assessing advances in air base defense doctrine
  • Setting the right glide slope : preparing the Air Force for the next counterinsurgency campaign
  • Part 4. Organizing for the future
  • Nowhere to hide : the growing threat to air bases
  • Law enforcement and base defense : improving interoperability to benefit the war fighter
  • Conclusion : ten propositions on the defense of air bases
  • Afterword
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography.