"War and landpower's role in the twenty-first century is not just about military organizations, tactics, operations, and technology; it is also about strategy, policy, and social and political contexts. After fourteen years of war in the Middle East with dubious results, a diminished national reputation, and a continuing drawdown of troops with perhaps a future force increase proposed by the Trump administration, the role of landpower in US grand strategy will continue to evolve with changing geopolitical situations. Landpower in the Long War: Projecting Force After 9/11, edited by Jason W. Warren, is the first holistic academic analysis of American strategic landpower. Divided into thematic sections, this study presents a comprehensive approach to a critical aspect of US foreign policy as the threat or ability to use force underpins diplomacy. The text begins with more traditional issues, such as strategy and civilian-military relations, and works its way to more contemporary topics, such as how socio-cultural considerations effect the landpower force. It also includes a synopsis of the suppressed Iraq report from one of the now retired leaders of that effort. The contributors--made up of an interdisciplinary team of political scientists, historians, and military practitioners--demonstrate that the conceptualization of landpower must move beyond the limited operational definition offered by Army doctrine in order to encompass social changes, trauma, the rule of law, acquisition of needed equipment, civil-military relationships, and bureaucratic decision-making, and argue that landpower should be a useful concept for warfighters and government agencies." --Provided by publisher.

Part 1. The strategic underpinnings of US landpower -- Variable heroism: landpower in US grand strategy since 9/11 / Lukas Milevski -- The revolution in military affairs and strategic thought in the US military, 1991-2003 / Peter R. Mansoor -- Strategic landpower: application at the nexus of deviant globalization and nonstate actors / Joel Hillison -- Civil-military relations post-9/11 / Donald S. Travis -- Part 2. The projection of US landpower -- The tortured path to strategic failure: US landpower in Iraq, 2003-2011 / Frank Sobchak -- Denying sanctuary: a strategic analysis of Operation Enduring Freedom / Gregory Roberts -- Reading Manila, thinking Wiesbaden: current parallels to pre-World War II Army unpreparedness / James DiCrocco -- Mountain storm: counterinsurgency and the air-ground task force as a microcosm of Marine landpower projection / Paul Westermeyer and Mark Balboni. Part 3. Other purveyors of landpower -- Not only above, but among: American airpower and leadership into the twenty-first century / William Waddell -- The damaged alliance: the intelligence community, the military, and the sociopolitical system that influences them / Edward A. Gutiérrez -- Implications of US policy on East Asian allied projection of landpower / Eric Setzekorn -- ISIS's projection of landpower in Iraq / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- Part 4. The US Army as a landpower institution -- Stryker Brigade combat team vs future combat system: an institutional after action report on innovation in the transformation decade / David Fastabend -- On headquarters: use and abuse of Army operational headquarters (and contracting) from 2001 to 2015 / John A. Bonin -- Integrating the components: the Army National Guard within the total Army / Jon Middaugh -- Part 5. Landpower's influence on society -- Landpower and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief / Charles Luke, Chris Bowers, and Alex Willard -- Willing and qualified: social and cultural considerations and the generation of landpower in the Global War on Terrorism / Jacqueline E. Whitt -- Post-traumatic stress (disorder) in the post-9/11 world / Lawrence Tritle -- Epilogue / J. Casey Doss.