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Changing Face of War : Learning from History.
Title:
Changing Face of War : Learning from History.
Author:
English, Allan Douglas.
ISBN:
9780773567160
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF MILITARY STRATEGY AND DOCTRINE -- Clausewitz and His Influence on U.S. and Canadian Military Doctrine -- The Myth of Manoeuvre Warfare: Attrition in Military History -- Strategy and Technology in Transition: Moltke and the Prussian General Staff -- A Study in Operational Command: Byng and the Canadian Corps -- An Example of Force Development: Tukhachevsky and the Soviet Art of Deep Battle -- The Problem of Army Renewal: Seeckt and the Reichswehr -- PART II: UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE -- Mao Zedong: A Peasant Who Learned from History -- Revolutionary War: The Viet Minh and the First Indo-Chinese War -- Vo Nguyên Giap: A Strategy for Protracted Revolutionary War -- Brown-Water Navies and Counterinsurgency Operations -- Eliminating the Shadows: Applying Counterinsurgency Doctrine to Peacekeeping -- PART III: CONFLICT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Computers and Strategy: It's the Thought That Counts -- Stealth Technology: A Revolution in Air Warfare? -- Beyond the Line: Strategy in Support of Space Control -- Conventional Arms Control and Intelligence: A Symbiotic Relationship -- The Statistical Study of War: The Relationship between Democracy and War -- The Media and the Conduct of War -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
One of the biggest problems facing military leaders is how to deal with situations that they have never confronted before. This collection of original essays, written by military professionals engaged in war studies at Royal Military College of Canada, demonstrates the value of historical study. The essays examine the past, present, and future of war to find solutions for the problems of today and tomorrow.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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