ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the ways AirSea Battle (ASB) was formulated and advanced; what it informs us about US civil military relations; and the role of subterranean forces in the decisions involved. It first shows that the Pentagon was able to proceed because the White House was otherwise occupied, and then compares this particular form of civil military relations to other ones previously studied. In Sanger's reports about White House deliberations, ASB gets the same amount of attention it gets from the sources previously cited none. The chapter outlines of the subterranean forces, it is useful to point out that some argued that ASB is 'more rhetorical than material' or even a 'fantasy'. Actually, although at an early state of implementation, ASB is becoming an "operational reality" which deeply affects numerous vested interests.
