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U.S. landpower is an essential, but often overlooked, element of national power in semi-enclosed maritime environments like the South China Sea. This monograph gives U.S. policymakers a better understanding of the role of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the region through potential combat operations employing wide area defense and maneuver; deterrence through forward presence and peacetime operations; and security engagement with landpower-dominant allies, partners, and competitors in the region. Landpower's capabilities are also essential for direct support of the air and sea services and other government organization's success when operating in this theater in direct support of U.S. national interests. Related products: The COIN Conundrum: The Future of U.S. Counterinsurgency and U.S. Land Power is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/coin-conundrum-future-us-counterinsurgency-and-us-land-power A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/hard-look-hard-power-assessing-defense-capabilities-key-us-allies-and-security-partners U.S.-China Competition: Asia-Pacific Land Force Implications is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/us-china-competition-asia-pacific-land-force-implications Managing Military Readiness can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/managing-military-readiness

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR CLARENCE J. BOUCHAT is a retired U.S. Air Force officer, and an adjunct instructor at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) Department of Distance Education. He served in several assignments in East Asia, including the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. He has taught strategy, geography, and East Asia studies at the University of Maryland University College, Harrisburg Area Community College, and his alma mater the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is the author of several works on the South China Sea, and developer of the political-military board game South China Sea in support of a course he teaches on this region. He is also a Wiki Supervisor and senior analyst for the crowd-sourced strategic intelligence consultancy Wikistrat Inc.

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