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Author : Lawrence Rucker Snead
Release : 1993
Genre : Military doctrine
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Book Synopsis Pursuit by : Lawrence Rucker Snead
Download or read book Pursuit written by Lawrence Rucker Snead. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Pursuit; Missing Component for a Quick, Decisive Victory by :
Download or read book Pursuit; Missing Component for a Quick, Decisive Victory written by . This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and the Army have entered a new era with a world consisting of a multitude of possible threats. The American people and military doctrine require future conflicts to be resolved with quick, decisive victory. This monograph discusses the concept of pursuit and the role it can play in gaining such a victory. The role of pursuit is examined through an analysis of the theory of pursuit in On War by Carl Von Clausewitz and through modern historical examples of pursuit at the tactical level. It applies both theory and history to determine if there are certain key components of successful pursuits. US Army doctrine and the conduct of pursuit operations is used to answer two questions: Is the doctrine supported by theory and history and does the US Army currently conduct pursuit operations at the tactical level'? Finally. this monograph concludes that both theory and history provide for the utility of pursuit in seeking quick, decisive victory on the battlefield. However, current US Army doctrine has critical omissions in regards to pursuit. More importantly, the US Army currently fails to conduct pursuit operations at the tactical level. Before the US Army is prepared to use pursuit to seek this decisive victory it must make changes in both its doctrine and training.
Author : Robert Michael Citino
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Quest for Decisive Victory by : Robert Michael Citino
Download or read book Quest for Decisive Victory written by Robert Michael Citino. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-19th century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry - and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry - had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible.
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Release : 1995
Genre : Science
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Author : General Giulio Douhet
Release : 2014-08-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Command Of The Air by : General Giulio Douhet
Download or read book Command Of The Air written by General Giulio Douhet. This book was released on 2014-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.
