Thoughts on War
Phillip S. Meilinger, "Thoughts on War"
English | ISBN: 0813178894 | 2020 | 308 pages | EPUB | 770 KB
English | ISBN: 0813178894 | 2020 | 308 pages | EPUB | 770 KB
War is changing. Unlike when modern military doctrine was forged, the United States no longer mobilizes massive land forces for direct political gain. Instead, the US fights small, overseas wars by global mandate to overthrow dictators, destroy terrorist groups, and broker regional peace. These conflicts hardly resemble the total wars fought and expected by foundational military theorists such as Carl von Clausewitz, yet their paradigms are ingrained in modern thinking. The twenty-first-century's new geopolitical situation demands new principles for warfare―deemphasizing decisive land victory in favor of airpower, intelligence systems, and indigenous ground forces.
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