TY - BOOK AU - THALER David E AU - SHLAPAK David A TI - Perspectives on theater air campaign planning SN - 0833016121 (pbk.) PY - 1995/// CY - Santa Monica, Calif. PB - RAND KW - AIR OPERATIONS AND PLANNING N2 - This document reports on independent, exploratory research on air campaign planning and execution. Its purpose is threefold: to provide observations on the current process and capabilities for planning and executing air operations in theatre conflicts; to identify key issues associated with those processes; to recommend analytic concentrations for future research. The focus is at the broadest level of campaign planning and execution-activities flowing from the definition of campaign and operational objectives down to the allocation, apportionment and tasking of forces ER -