This book provides a clear and comprehensive depiction of the types of conflict that the United States is likely to become involved with in the future, as well as the methods of warfare that it may employ within these struggles.

Introduction: Lessons of the Past for Future War, Francis Grice PART I: Strategy and Joint Warfare1. Speaking Identity: Security Practice and US Foreign Policy, Scott N. Romaniuk & Emeka T. Njoku 2. National Security Strategy and Threats, William A. Taylor 3. ‘Full Spectrum Dominance:’ US National Security Doctrine in the New Global Security Environment, Scott N. Romaniuk & Tobias Burgers PART II: Non-Traditional Warfare 4. Asymmetrical Warfare: Challenges Today and Tomorrow, Frank Jacob 5. The Moral, Physical, and Technological: Communication and the Wars of the 21st Century, John M. Callahan 6. A Three-Pronged Proposal for the Future of US counterinsurgency: Military Peace with Economic Incentives and Political Devolution, Glenn M. E. Duerr 7. Frontiers of Unconventional Warfare: US Special Operations Forces Overseas, Roger Chapman 8. The US Home Front: Drug Cartels and Security along the US-Mexico Border, Martin S. Catino 9. Psychological Warfare: US Covert Paramilitary Operations in Indonesia and Iraq, Suzie Sri Suparin S. Sudarman & Senia Febrica 10. The US and ‘Small Footprint’ Advising in Colombia: A Model for Future Military Intervention, Jorge E. Delgado 11. The Utility of Force in Cities: Future Challenges of US Army Urban Stabilization Efforts, Antônio Sampaio PART III: New and Reinvigorated Technology12. Toward Robotic Warfare, Łukasz Kamieński 13. Nuclear Policy and Strategy, B. D. Mowell 14. The Future of US Hegemony in the Middle East: US-Israel-China Military Technology Development and Acquisition, Abdelrahman Rashdan 15. Veblen and the Impacts of Stealth Technology in War, Ronald Lorenzo & Tony Tai-Ting Liu 16. The Military Effectiveness of Stealth Aircraft and US Warfare, Shih-Yueh Yang Conclusion: Reflections on the Future of US Warfare, Scott N. Romaniuk