USAHEC: Landpower: OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

"The Army gives the United States landpower. Landpower is the ability - by threat, force, or occupation - to gain, sustain, and exploit control over land, resources, and people (ADRP 3-0)." ADP 1, The Army.

ARTICLES

"Air-Sea Battle Strategy: The Army on the Defensive: Strategic Landpower Promoted as Key to Winning Wars"
by Marshall A. Hanson
Officer 89, no. 6 (November-December 2013): 50.
"Continuity and Change: The Army Operating Concept and Clear Thinking about Future War"
by H. R. McMaster
Military Review 95, no. 2 (March-April 2015): 6-20.
“Deviant Globalization: The Application of Strategic Landpower”
by Joel R. Hillison and Avram Isaacson
Defense & Security Analysis 32, no. 4 (December 2016): 281-292.
Print copy also available in Library Periodical holdings.
"Landpower and American Credibility"
by Michael Allen Hunzeker and Alexander Lanoszka
Parameters 45, no. 4 (Winter 2015-2016): 17-26.
"Radical Change is Coming"
by Rick Maze
Army 67, no. 1 (January 2017): 34-37.
Print copy also available in USAWC Library Periodical holdings.
"The Army's Identity Crisis"
by Gates Brown
Parameters 46, no. 4 (Winter 2016-2017): 7-12.
"The Greatest Threat Facing the Army Profession"
by Dan Johnson
Military Review 93, no. 5 (September-October 2013): 69-72.
"To Win Wars, Correct the Army's Political Blind Spot"
by Joseph Roger Clark
Parameters 45, no. 4 (Winter 2015-2016): 27-37.
"What is the Global Landpower Network and What Value Might It Provide?"
by Christopher G. Pernin, et al.
Defense & Security Analaysis 33, no. 3 (September 2017): 209-222.
Print copy also available in USAWC Library Periodical holdings.
"Will Army of 2025 be a Military Profession?"
by Don M. Snider
Parameters 45, no. 4 (Winter 2015-2016): 39-51.

BOOKS

American Grand Strategy and the Future of U. S. Landpower by Joseph DaSilva, Hugh Leiber, and Isaiah Wilson, eds.
Call Number: Ridgway Hall U413 .R32A44 2014 - Root Hall U413 .A66A44 2014
(Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2014)
Beyond the Last War: Balancing Ground Forces and Future Challenges Risk in USCENTCOM and USPACOM by Nathan Freier, et al.
(Washington, DC: Center for Strategic & International Studies; Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, April 2013)

The Changing Character of War
by Conrad C. Crane, et al.
(Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Historical Services Division, 2016)
The Importance of Land Warfare: This Kind of War Redux
by James E. Johnson
(Arlington, VA: Association of the U.S. Army, Institute of Land Warfare, January 2018)

Landpower: The Decisive Element: A Reference Handbook by Association of the United States Army
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UA23 .I77L36 -- Root Hall UA23 .L265
Revised edition.
(Arlington, VA: Association of the United States Army, 1984)
National Commission on the Future of the Army: Report to the President and the Congress of the United States, January 28, 2016 by National Commission on the Future of the Army
Call Number: Root Hall UA25 .U552 2016
(Washington, DC: National Commission on the Future of the Army, January 28, 2016)

Profile of the United States Army: A Reference Handbook
Special Report
(Arlington, VA: Association of the United States Army, Institute of Land Warfare, 2016)

Redefining Land Power for the 21st Century by William T. Johnsen
Call Number: Ridgway Hall U413 .R32J639 1998 -- Root Hall U413 .A66J631 1998
(Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, May 1998)
Re-examining the Roles of Landpower in the 21st Century and Their Implications by William T. Johnsen
Call Number: Ridgway Hall U413 .R32J647 2014 -- Root Hall U413 .A66J643 2014
(Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Press, November 2014)

Uncertain Ground: Emerging Challenges in Land Warfare
by Paul Scharre
(Washington, D.C.: Center for A New American Security, December 2015)

Understanding Land Warfare by Christopher Tuck
Call Number: Ridgway Hall: U102 .T94 2014
(London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)

Visualizing the Tactical Ground Battlefield in the Year 2050: Workshop Report
by Alexander Kott, et al.
(Adelphi, MD: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, June 2015)

DISSERTATIONS & THESES

A Pivot to Everywhere Else: Options for Today's U.S. Army
by Michael James LawrenceCall Number: Ridgway Hall Student Paper Archives SRP 2014 Law
U.S. Army War College, April 15, 2014.
Structural Measurement of Military Organization Capability
by Robert A. Behrman
Carnegie Mellon University, May 2014.

MILITARY PUBLICATIONS

DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (As of February 2018)
The DOD Dictionary sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States. These military and associated terms, together with
their definitions, constitute approved Department of Defense terminology for
general use by all DOD components.
Joint Publication 3-31: Joint Land Operations
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (03 October 2019). Incorporating Change 1 (16 November 2021).

VIDEOS

WEBSITES

AUSA: Landpower Essays
Essays written to stimulate professional discussion and awareness of the landpower aspects of national security.
Chief of Staff of the Army
The current Army Chief of Staff, General Mark A. Milley, assumed duty as the 39th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army August 14, 2015.
United States Army - Official Site
Official website of the Department of the Army. The U.S. Army’s mission is to fight and win the Nation’s wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders. By executing Title 10 and Title 32 United States Code directives, to include organizing, equipping, and training forces for the conduct of prompt and sustained combat operations on land, It accomplishes missions assigned by the President, Secretary of Defense and combatant commanders, while transforming for the future.