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Energy is an enabler of - and a constraint on - military power. Operational Energy provides military officers with knowledge and skills to plan effectively for the operational energy needs of their forces. Operational energy is the energy used to train, move, and sustain military forces and weapons platforms for military operations.
Energy has always played a role in battlefield outcomes. Over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries the importance of energy in warfighting has grown. Today, energy is a critical pillar of national defense and a major factor in military power. In modern warfare, attaining energy superiority over one's adversaries is a critical condition for success on the battlefield. Operational energy planning is an integral part of all combat and regular operations.
Operational Energy is a valuable and extensive resource for students of US Department of Defense courses in military universities, colleges, and academic training programs; scholars of geopolitics, and researchers on US and global energy security.
Operational Energy is to date the only textbook on defense energy planning, analysis, and strategy. It examines in detail fuel types, geopolitical issues, energy supply risks, market economic factors, and technology, presenting topics for future research. It also includes chapter summaries, main points for study, and case studies.
About the author
Alan Howard serves as the Associate Chair for the Energy Academic Group at the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California. Prior to joining NPS, he amassed over 15 years in international shipping and logistics, including a role with global responsibility as Director of eBusiness Development for a major multinational corporation. He has authored multiple policy papers and opeds, including on energy security and operational energy.
Dr. Daniel Nussbaum is the Chair of the Energy Academic Group and a faculty member in the Operations Research department, at Naval Postgraduate School. He has a Ph.D. in Mathematics, has served as Director, Naval Center for Cost Analysis, and has held other management and analysis positions with the US Army and Navy, in the US and in Europe. He has given testimony to committees of the US Congress. He is active in professional societies, is the Past President of the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association, and he has served on the Board of the Military Operations Research Society.
Summary
Energy is an enabler of – and a constraint on – military power.
Operational Energy
provides military officers with knowledge and skills to plan effectively for the operational energy needs of their forces. Operational energy is the energy used to train, move, and sustain military forces and weapons platforms for military operations.
Energy has always played a role in battlefield outcomes. Over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries the importance of energy in warfighting has grown. Today, energy is a critical pillar of national defense and a major factor in military power. In modern warfare, attaining energy superiority over one’s adversaries is a critical condition for success on the battlefield. Operational energy planning is an integral part of all combat and regular operations.
Operational Energy
is a valuable and extensive resource for students of US Department of Defense courses in military universities, colleges, and academic training programs; scholars of geopolitics, and researchers on US and global energy security.
Operational Energy
is to date the only textbook on defense energy planning, analysis, and strategy. It examines in detail fuel types, geopolitical issues, energy supply risks, market economic factors, and technology, presenting topics for future research. It also includes chapter summaries, main points for study, and case studies.
