EAG Announces Publication of Operational Energy Textbook

By Brenda Shaffer, Faculty Associate-Research, Energy Academic Group

EAG is pleased to announce the publication of Operational Energy, the first textbook to date on operational energy. 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. 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 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. Operational Energy is available for purchase on Amazon, from De Gruyter Press, and most major book sales outlets. The book  can  can be accessed through many university libraries as an e-book and also the physical book.

Operational Energy is a valuable and extensive resource for students of U.S. Department of Defense courses in military universities, colleges, and academic training programs; scholars of geopolitics; and researchers on U.S. and global energy security.

Beginning a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Defense has devoted  increasing attention to the U.S. military’s energy strategies. Energy is an enabler of—and a constraint on—military power. 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..

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