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Computers and Strategy: It’s the Thought That Counts
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Preface ix
- Editor’s Preface xi
- Introduction 3
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The Evolution of Military Strategy and Doctrine
- Clausewitz and His Influence on U.S. and Canadian Military Doctrine 9
- The Myth of Manoeuvre Warfare: Attrition in Military History 22
- Strategy and Technology in Transition: Moltke and the Prussian General Staff 33
- A Study in Operational Command: Byng and the Canadian Corps 50
- An Example of Force Development: Tukhachevsky and the Soviet Art of Deep Battle 67
- The Problem of Army Renewal: Seeckt and the Reichswehr 83
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Unconventional Warfare
- Mao Zedong: A Peasant Who Learned from History 105
- Revolutionary War: The Viet Minh and the First Indo-Chinese War 120
- Vo Nguyên Giap: A Strategy for Protracted Revolutionary War 135
- Brown-Water Navies and Counterinsurgency Operations 149
- Eliminating the Shadows: Applying Counterinsurgency Doctrine to Peacekeeping 168
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Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
- Computers and Strategy: It’s the Thought That Counts 181
- Stealth Technology: A Revolution in Air Warfare? 197
- Beyond the Line: Strategy in Support of Space Control 213
- Conventional Arms Control and Intelligence: A Symbiotic Relationship 227
- The Statistical Study of War: The Relationship between Democracy and War 239
- The Media and the Conduct of War 255
- Bibliography 273
- Contributors 289
- Index 295
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Preface ix
- Editor’s Preface xi
- Introduction 3
-
The Evolution of Military Strategy and Doctrine
- Clausewitz and His Influence on U.S. and Canadian Military Doctrine 9
- The Myth of Manoeuvre Warfare: Attrition in Military History 22
- Strategy and Technology in Transition: Moltke and the Prussian General Staff 33
- A Study in Operational Command: Byng and the Canadian Corps 50
- An Example of Force Development: Tukhachevsky and the Soviet Art of Deep Battle 67
- The Problem of Army Renewal: Seeckt and the Reichswehr 83
-
Unconventional Warfare
- Mao Zedong: A Peasant Who Learned from History 105
- Revolutionary War: The Viet Minh and the First Indo-Chinese War 120
- Vo Nguyên Giap: A Strategy for Protracted Revolutionary War 135
- Brown-Water Navies and Counterinsurgency Operations 149
- Eliminating the Shadows: Applying Counterinsurgency Doctrine to Peacekeeping 168
-
Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
- Computers and Strategy: It’s the Thought That Counts 181
- Stealth Technology: A Revolution in Air Warfare? 197
- Beyond the Line: Strategy in Support of Space Control 213
- Conventional Arms Control and Intelligence: A Symbiotic Relationship 227
- The Statistical Study of War: The Relationship between Democracy and War 239
- The Media and the Conduct of War 255
- Bibliography 273
- Contributors 289
- Index 295