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Air Power and the Strategy of 'influence and Shape'

出版	Air Power Development Centre, 2012
ISBN	19208007519781920800758
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tvM3kgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"The notion of "influence and shape" as the basis of a strategy is one that is probably familiar to most in defence or a related security community. It is a phrase that rolls easily off the tongue having been in defence parlance for some time, and is generally accepted as a sensible approach to national security. But what exactly do we mean by influence and shape? Who or what might we mean to influence or shape? And to what ends might we consider influencing or shaping to be a useful plan of action? In this meticulously presented and well argued paper, the author lays out for his audience the who, the what, the why and the when of a strategy of influence and shape. As ancient and well pedigreed as any security strategy, influence and shape has, in recent years, reasserted itself as a prudent, sensible and cautious approach to national security, and in this paper the nuance and sophistication of this strategy is very well explained. Beginning with a clear and useful depiction of the spread of security strategies across the spectrum of conflict, the author methodically describes and explains the nature and utility of influence and shape within the continuum of possible strategies a government or nation may choose to employ. By carefully defining the terms "influence" and "shape" in the national security context, the author lays a solid foundation upon which he builds his conceptual structure of the phases of the implementation of this strategy, affording his readers a clear and logical framework within which to place the role and tasks of the military. This is a very useful and necessary explanation, which highlights the whole of nation context in which our Government employs its national power."--Page iii.