The Iraq Wars And Americas Military Revolution

Author : Keith L. Shimko
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052111151X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution written by Keith L. Shimko and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the revolution in military affairs debate.

Author : Keith L. Shimko
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316139018
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution written by Keith L. Shimko and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many saw the United States' decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmation of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). Just as information-age technologies were revolutionizing civilian life, the Gulf War appeared to reflect similarly profound changes in warfare. A debate has raged ever since about a contemporary RMA and its implications for American defense policy. Addressing these issues, The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the RMA debate. Focusing on the creation of a reconnaissance-strike complex and conceptions of parallel or nonlinear warfare, Keith L. Shimko finds a persuasive case for a contemporary RMA while recognizing its limitations as well as promise.

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674041291
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iraq War written by Williamson Murray and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Chad C. Serena
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589017838
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Revolution in Military Adaptation written by Chad C. Serena and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Christopher R. Mortenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 979 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers [3 volumes] written by Christopher R. Mortenson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 979 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : MacGregor Knox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521800792
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 written by MacGregor Knox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the changes that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century.

Author : William E. Odom
Publisher : Univ Publ Assn
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Military Revolution written by William E. Odom and published by Univ Publ Assn. This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Lt. General William E. Odom

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107062292
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iran-Iraq War written by Williamson Murray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the Iran-Iraq War through the lens of the Iraqi regime and its senior military commanders.

Author : Christopher R. Mortenson
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9781440863615
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers written by Christopher R. Mortenson and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This ground-breaking work explores the lives of average soldiers from the American Revolution through the 21st-century conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq"--

Author : Kevin M. Woods
Publisher : National Defense University
ISBN 13 : 9780160827372
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saddam's War written by Kevin M. Woods and published by National Defense University. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes detailed and edited transcripts of interviews with General Hamdani as well as a summary of insights as interpreted by the interviewers.