Word: precisionism
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What can fill a screen 81 ft. high? Gods and monsters. The success of Fantasia/2000 in IMAX theaters is cuing top directors like James Cameron to the notion that the format might accommodate longer stories and higher budgets. For now, documentary spectacles still splatter the big wall. The Jordan movie...
But it was not officially a war. Many peacetime legal and political restrictions remained in effect. Governments limited the pace of the action, the types of weapons that could be used and the targets that could be struck. Our targets were often in the midst of civilians--some of the...
Clausewitz got it right. Using the full powers of government, nation-states applied scientific advances to increase the destructive powers of their forces. With improved organization and weaponry, 20th century wars killed tens of millions of combatants and civilians. And the march of science and technology continues. World War II...
In this era of globalization there may be other such conflicts ahead. These will be minimal-risk campaigns, emphasizing aerospace power or ships at sea to threaten precision strikes from long range, with small, stealthy unmanned vehicles to collect information and deliver firepower, and they will be controlled by distant...
In these circumstances, or when the vital interests of Western nations are at stake, the restraints of Operation Allied Force may not apply. Despite their aversion to risks and casualties, most Western nations will, if necessary, be politically capable of waging intense, highly destructive warfare. Expect nations to use most...