Understanding land warfare
Understanding Land Warfare provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare. The book is a thematic, debate-driven analysis of what makes land warfare unique; how it interacts with the other environments; the key concepts that shape how it is executed; the trade-offs associated with its prosecution; and the controversies that continue to surround its focus and development. Understanding Land Warfare contains several key themes: a-…
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- Full title :Understanding land warfare / Christopher Tuck.
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Understanding Land Warfare provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare. The book is a thematic, debate-driven analysis of what makes land warfare unique; how it interacts with the other environments; the key concepts that shape how it is executed; the trade-offs associated with its prosecution; and the controversies that continue to surround its focus and development. Understanding Land Warfare contains several key themes: a- the difficulty of conducting land warfare; b- the interplay between change and continuity; c- the growing importance of co-operation; and d- the variety of ways in which land warfare is fought; the competing theoretical debates; the tensions and trade-offs. -- Publisher description.
"This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare"--
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 274 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415507530, 0415507537, 9780415507547, 0415507545
- oclc:ocn778425193
- LC Classification:U102
- Dewey Decimal:355.4
Table of Contents
Introduction : Understanding land warfare ---- Part I. The Development of Land Warfare. 1. Land Warfare in Theory --- 2. The Development of Modern Land Warfare --- 3. Modern Tactics --- 4. Modern Operational Art and the Operational Level of War --- 5. Land Warfare : Context and Variation ---- Part II. What is Victory? 6. Counterinsurgency Operations -- 7. Peace and Stability Operations --- 8. Peace and Stability Operations : Challenges and Debates -- Part III. Future Land Warfare. 9. The Future of Warfare on Land --- 10. The Paradigm Army ---- Conclusion.
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