Eliminating the Rhetoric : An Evaluation of the Halt-Phase Strategy

By Major Mark C. Nowland, USAF

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Title:	Eliminating the Rhetoric : An Evaluation of the Halt-Phase Strategy
Author:	Major Mark C. Nowland, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Military
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Mark C. Nowland, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Eliminating the Rhetoric : An Evaluation of the Halt-Phase Strategy. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The purpose of this study is to identify criteria that will provide objective analysis of a halt-phase strategy. This study identifies the key criteria by examining air combat in three operations: the Battle of Bismarck Sea, the 1973 Golan Heights battles of the Yom Kippur War, and the Iraqi Republican Guard escape from Basra. This examination focuses on air operations looking for tactics, tactical innovations, and operational circumstances that inhibit or enhance air operations designed to halt the advance or retreat of significant ground formations. This study evaluates each case in three major phases: prehostility preparation, conduct of combat operations, and the results and analysis of the operation.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . 3 2 EXPLANATION OF THE HALT–PHASE STRATEGY . . 5 Notes . . . . . . 13 3 CRITIQUES OF THE HALT–PHASE STRATEGY . . 15 Notes . . . . . . 22 4 THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA . . 25 Notes . . . . . . 34 5 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR, GOLAN HEIGHTS ACTION . . 37 Notes . . . . . . 47 6 THE IRAQI REPUBLICAN GUARD BASRA ESCAPE . . . 49 Notes . . . . . . 63 7 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . 65 Notes . . . . . . 72