"The author claims ... the infantry platoon of the mass twentieth century army typically performed poorly and demonstrated low levels of cohesion in combat. With inadequate time and resources to train troops for the industrial battlefield; citizen armies typically relied on appe…
Dette værk på 700 sider behandler krigsførelsen i Nordamerika og Europa i tiåret 1861-71. Temaet er en sammenlignende analyse af Den nordamerikanske Borgerkrig 1861-1865 og de tyske samlingskrige: Dansk-tyske krig 1864, Tysk-østrigske krig 1866 og især den tysk-franske krig 1870…
In the 21 seasons he was head coach, his University of Iowa teams won 15 national championships and 21 Big Ten championships.
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 ta…
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 ta…
"This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary military strategic thought, focusing on the post-ColdWar and post-9/11 periods." -- back cover.
EFter den 2. verdenskrig tillagde USA den strategiske del af flyvevåbnet større vægt end det taktiske flyvevåben som stod tilbag med forældede fly under Vietnam-krigen (1954-1975). Da Nord Vietnam i 1965 benyttede sig af jord-til-luft raktetter, havde USA's flyvevåben hverken ta…
"Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured b…