… August Cole, was fiction that delved into the future of warfare. In his latest book LikeWar: The Weaponization of … of war that applies to historic maneuver forces in the land domain that applies equally in the information … wrote the Marquis de Lafayette as late as 1781, “No land force can act decisively unless accompanied by a …
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… will speak about his new book at an AUSA Institute of Land Warfare (ILW) Lemnitzer Lecture on Nov. 6. He sat down … will speak about his new book at an AUSA Institute of Land Warfare (ILW) Lemnitzer Lecture on Nov. 6. He sat down …
… first foray, aside from opinion pieces, into 20th-century warfare. It is a grand success. This is a particularly … kind of war. Some relatives fought in the air and some on land in several different theaters. A Japanese machine gun … Wars. Hanson’s narrative runs the gamut of air, sea and land operations in the global context, but his focus or …
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… hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare. “We make an average of 60,000 decisions a day, yet … hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare. “We make an average of 60,000 decisions a day, …
… a rudimentary understanding of 19th-century western warfare. Consequently, the subjects of the book do not rank … tailored to the particular circumstances of conventional land warfare, not counterinsurgency,” he writes. Scholars … tailored to the particular circumstances of conventional land warfare, not counterinsurgency,” he writes. Scholars …
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… (This is the fourth volume in the West Point History of Warfare series.) Here the conflict does not boil down to a … historical attempts to ban weapons such as the crossbow or land mines, which have had mixed success, Scharre suggests … historical attempts to ban weapons such as the crossbow or land mines, which have had mixed success, Scharre suggests …
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… U.S. government must forthrightly address the fact that no warfare can be done without killing—to include killing those … from Atlanta, he abandoned that LOC, living mostly off the land supported by wagons that generally kept pace with his … from Atlanta, he abandoned that LOC, living mostly off the land supported by wagons that generally kept pace with his …
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… fellow of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare and a contributing editor of ARMY magazine.) Our Year … fellow of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare and a contributing editor of ARMY magazine.) Our …
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… Midway, ably led the enormous U.S. Fifth Fleet in the sea, land and air operations necessary to take the Mariana and … in Small Wars Is a Serious Matter Waging Insurgent Warfare: Lessons from the Vietcong to the Islamic State . … Midway, ably led the enormous U.S. Fifth Fleet in the sea, land and air operations necessary to take the Mariana and …
… on Edges of Civil War Extreme Civil War: Guerilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi … War clashed, life for the inhabitants of this blighted land were orders of magnitude worse. Here, there were few … was dead and Sitting Bull had migrated to “Grandmother’s Land,” Canada, to escape “the Great Father’s fury.” A similar …
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