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Arms control --- Security, International --- Arms race --- Disarmament --- Military readiness --- History.

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Strategy --- Democracy --- War --- Military readiness --- United States --- Military policy --- United States - Military policy

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European Air Power examines the current state of eight separate European air forces and their prospective air power capabilities in a manner that will appeal to a wide audience of air force enthusiasts. Included are perspectives from independent air power experts reviewing the air forces of France, Germany, Turkey, and Great Britain as well as from the leaders of the air forces of the Nordic nations, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Within the national security framework of threats and challenges, and against the seemingly universal backdrop of lower budgets for defense, the con

Air forces --- Air power --- Air superiority --- Military power --- Aeronautics, Military --- Military readiness --- Air warfare --- Armed Forces

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The ability to change swiftly from peace, or prolonged low intensity conflict, to the high intensity of war and succeed in the initial engagements is usually discussed in terms of readiness, capabilities, and capacity, and their related material, personnel, doctrine, and training. Every security establishment - whether state or non-state - is familiar with these aspects. This text deals with important, complementary, but generally neglected 'soft' aspects of moving from peace to war, such as the mental ability to shift from one reality to another; consolidating a coherent doctrine when war erupts in the course of an ongoing peacetime conceptual-doctrinal debate; gaining proficiency on short notice when new weapon systems become available only at the last minute (or even after units have deployed) and so forth.

Military readiness. --- Military doctrine. --- Surprise (Military science) --- Military history, Modern --- Uncertainty --- Research. --- Israel.

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Arms control. --- Security, International. --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Security, International --- Arms race --- Military readiness