The strategic quality of Landpower is widely known, but not widely
understood. In this monograph, Dr. Colin S. Gray explores and explains
the meaning of strategic Landpower. He is concerned particularly to
argue that, although Landpower today must function in a joint
environment, typically it is the dominant element in the team for U.S.
national security. The monograph lays emphasis upon the place of the
human domain that leads in the role played by ground forces in strategy.
Because of some widespread conceptual misuse, many people are not used
to thinking of Landpower as a strategic instrument for American security
policy. Dr. Gray aspires to help reduce the popularity of this important
misconception. It is necessary for good policy that American Landpower
should be considered and debated properly, which is to say in
appropriate strategic terms.