Author: David M. O. Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861013166
Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Modern Land Combat
Author: David M. O. Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861013166
Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861013166
Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Modern Land Combat
Author: David Miller
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517638545
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
More than 375 photos and illustrations explain the theoretical tactics of modern land warfare and the weapons used. An entire section is devoted to land weaponry.
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517638545
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
More than 375 photos and illustrations explain the theoretical tactics of modern land warfare and the weapons used. An entire section is devoted to land weaponry.
Modern Naval Combat
Author: David M. O. Miller
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517613504
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Photos, illustrations, diagrams and text provide information on naval technology, design, armament, equipment, strategies, and tactics of modern warships.
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517613504
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Photos, illustrations, diagrams and text provide information on naval technology, design, armament, equipment, strategies, and tactics of modern warships.
Land Warfare since 1860
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442276916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This cogent global history traces the evolution of land warfare since the start of the Crimean War. Jeremy Black argues that although it has always been critical to the outcome of conflicts worldwide, land warfare has become undervalued in comparison to air power in modern military thinking. In practice, land warfare was crucial during the American Civil War, the two world wars, and the conflicts of the Cold War. Indeed, the revival of great power confrontation has led to an urgent need to re-examine the entire contemporary period. Looking to the future, the book shows convincingly that we must consider the nature of the military for non-state actors as well for as the major powers.Ultimately, Black contends, there is no substitute for the control over territory provided by boots on the ground.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442276916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This cogent global history traces the evolution of land warfare since the start of the Crimean War. Jeremy Black argues that although it has always been critical to the outcome of conflicts worldwide, land warfare has become undervalued in comparison to air power in modern military thinking. In practice, land warfare was crucial during the American Civil War, the two world wars, and the conflicts of the Cold War. Indeed, the revival of great power confrontation has led to an urgent need to re-examine the entire contemporary period. Looking to the future, the book shows convincingly that we must consider the nature of the military for non-state actors as well for as the major powers.Ultimately, Black contends, there is no substitute for the control over territory provided by boots on the ground.
Modern Submarine Warfare
Author: David Maxwell Owens Miller
Publisher: Salamander Books
ISBN: 9780861019465
Category : Submarine warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: Salamander Books
ISBN: 9780861019465
Category : Submarine warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Modern Warfare
Author: Roger Trinquier
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142891689X
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142891689X
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
No Man's Land
Author: Eric J. Leed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521224710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Based on the firsthand accounts of German, French, British, and American front-line soldiers, No Man's Land examines how the first modern, industrialized war transformed the character of the men who participated in it. Ancient myths about war eroded in the trenches, where the relentless monotony and impotence of the solder's life was interrupted only by unpredictable moments of annihilation. Professor Leed looks at how the traumatic experience of combat itself and the wholesale shattering of the conventions and ethical codes of normal social life turned ordinary civilians into 'liminal men', men living beyond the limits of the accepted and the expected. He uses the concept of liminality to illuminate the central features of the war experience: the separation from 'home': the experience of pollution, death, comradeship, and 'the uncanny': and the ambivalence of returning veterans about civilian society. In a final chapter Professor Leed assesses the long-term political impact of the front experience. He finds that the end of hostilities did not mean the end of the war experience as much as the beginning of a process by which that experience was framed, institutionalized, celebrated and relived in political action as well as in fiction.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521224710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Based on the firsthand accounts of German, French, British, and American front-line soldiers, No Man's Land examines how the first modern, industrialized war transformed the character of the men who participated in it. Ancient myths about war eroded in the trenches, where the relentless monotony and impotence of the solder's life was interrupted only by unpredictable moments of annihilation. Professor Leed looks at how the traumatic experience of combat itself and the wholesale shattering of the conventions and ethical codes of normal social life turned ordinary civilians into 'liminal men', men living beyond the limits of the accepted and the expected. He uses the concept of liminality to illuminate the central features of the war experience: the separation from 'home': the experience of pollution, death, comradeship, and 'the uncanny': and the ambivalence of returning veterans about civilian society. In a final chapter Professor Leed assesses the long-term political impact of the front experience. He finds that the end of hostilities did not mean the end of the war experience as much as the beginning of a process by which that experience was framed, institutionalized, celebrated and relived in political action as well as in fiction.
Modern Fighting Helicopters
Author: Bill Gunston
Publisher: Salamander Books (PA)
ISBN: 9780861019458
Category : Military helicopters
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This illustrated analysis of one of the premier combat weapons on the modern battlefield looks at the designs, weapons and tactics of 40 of today''s military helicopters, including the Kamov Ka-50 and Ka-52 and the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche'
Publisher: Salamander Books (PA)
ISBN: 9780861019458
Category : Military helicopters
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This illustrated analysis of one of the premier combat weapons on the modern battlefield looks at the designs, weapons and tactics of 40 of today''s military helicopters, including the Kamov Ka-50 and Ka-52 and the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche'
Military Power
Author: Stephen Biddle
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400837820
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic account of how force employment interacts with materiel to produce real combat outcomes. Stephen Biddle argues that force employment is central to modern war, becoming increasingly important since 1900 as the key to surviving ever more lethal weaponry. Technological change produces opposite effects depending on how forces are employed; to focus only on materiel is thus to risk major error--with serious consequences for both policy and scholarship. In clear, fluent prose, Biddle provides a systematic account of force employment's role and shows how this account holds up under rigorous, multimethod testing. The results challenge a wide variety of standard views, from current expectations for a revolution in military affairs to mainstream scholarship in international relations and orthodox interpretations of modern military history. Military Power will have a resounding impact on both scholarship in the field and on policy debates over the future of warfare, the size of the military, and the makeup of the defense budget.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400837820
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic account of how force employment interacts with materiel to produce real combat outcomes. Stephen Biddle argues that force employment is central to modern war, becoming increasingly important since 1900 as the key to surviving ever more lethal weaponry. Technological change produces opposite effects depending on how forces are employed; to focus only on materiel is thus to risk major error--with serious consequences for both policy and scholarship. In clear, fluent prose, Biddle provides a systematic account of force employment's role and shows how this account holds up under rigorous, multimethod testing. The results challenge a wide variety of standard views, from current expectations for a revolution in military affairs to mainstream scholarship in international relations and orthodox interpretations of modern military history. Military Power will have a resounding impact on both scholarship in the field and on policy debates over the future of warfare, the size of the military, and the makeup of the defense budget.
The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76
Author: Robert A. Doughty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered by rapid technological changes. The need for the tactical doctrines of the Army to remain correspondingly abreast of these changes is thus more pressing than ever before. Future conflicts are not likely to develop in the leisurely fashions of the past where tactical doctrines could be refined on the battlefield itself. It is, therefore, imperative that we apprehend future problems with as much accuracy as possible. One means of doing so is to pay particular attention to the business of how the Army's doctrine has developed historically, with a view to improving methods of future development.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered by rapid technological changes. The need for the tactical doctrines of the Army to remain correspondingly abreast of these changes is thus more pressing than ever before. Future conflicts are not likely to develop in the leisurely fashions of the past where tactical doctrines could be refined on the battlefield itself. It is, therefore, imperative that we apprehend future problems with as much accuracy as possible. One means of doing so is to pay particular attention to the business of how the Army's doctrine has developed historically, with a view to improving methods of future development.