The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution write by Keith L. Shimko. This book was released on 2010-04-30. The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the revolution in military affairs debate.
The Iraq War
The Iraq War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Iraq War write by Williamson Murray. This book was released on 2005-09-28. The Iraq War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this unprecedented account of the intensive air and ground operations in Iraq, two of America’s most distinguished military historians bring clarity and depth to the first major war of the new millennium. Reaching beyond the blaring headlines, embedded videophone reports, and daily Centcom briefings, Williamson Murray and Robert Scales analyze events in light of past military experiences, present battleground realities, and future expectations. The Iraq War puts the recent conflict into context. Drawing on their extensive military expertise, the authors assess the opposing aims of the Coalition forces and the Iraqi regime and explain the day-to-day tactical and logistical decisions of infantry and air command, as British and American troops moved into Basra and Baghdad. They simultaneously step back to examine long-running debates within the U.S. Defense Department about the proper uses of military power and probe the strategic implications of those debates for America’s buildup to this war. Surveying the immense changes that have occurred in America’s armed forces between the Gulf conflicts of 1991 and 2003—changes in doctrine as well as weapons—this volume reveals critical meanings and lessons about the new “American way of war” as it has unfolded in Iraq.
The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050
The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 write by MacGregor Knox. This book was released on 2001-08-27. The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book studies the changes that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century.
A Revolution in Military Adaptation
A Revolution in Military Adaptation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Revolution in Military Adaptation write by Chad C. Serena. This book was released on 2011-09-01. A Revolution in Military Adaptation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a complex insurgency, and defeating this insurgency required beating highly adaptive foes. A competition between the hierarchical and vertically integrated army and networked and horizontally integrated insurgents ensued. The latter could quickly adapt and conduct networked operations in a decentralized fashion; the former was predisposed to fighting via prescriptive plans under a centralized command and control. To achieve success, the US Army went through a monumental process of organizational adaptation—a process driven by soldiers and leaders that spread throughout the institution and led to revolutionary changes in how the army supported and conducted its operations in Iraq. How the army adapted and the implications of this adaptation are the subject of this indispensable study. Intended for policymakers, defense and military professionals, military historians, and academics, this book offers a solid critique of the army’s current capacity to adapt to likely future adversary strategies and provides policy recommendations for retaining lessons learned in Iraq.
Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers [3 volumes]
Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers [3 volumes] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers [3 volumes] write by Christopher R. Mortenson. This book was released on 2019-06-14. Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers [3 volumes] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This ground-breaking work explores the lives of average soldiers from the American Revolution through the 21st-century conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. What was life really like for U.S. soldiers during America's wars? Were they conscripted or did they volunteer? What did they eat, wear, believe, think, and do for fun? Most important, how did they deal with the rigors of combat and coming home? This comprehensive book will answer all of those questions and much more, with separate chapters on the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II in Europe, World War II in the Pacific, the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and War on Terror, and the Iraq War. Each chapter includes such topical sections as Conscription and Volunteers, Training, Religion, Pop Culture, Weaponry, Combat, Special Forces, Prisoners of War, Homefront, and Veteran Issues. This work also examines the role of minorities and women in each conflict as well as delves into the disciplinary problems in the military, including alcoholism, drugs, crimes, and desertion. Selected primary sources, bibliographies, and timelines complement the topical sections of each chapter.
