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War by numbers : understanding conventional combat /

"A study of the basic nature of conventional warfare based on extensive analysis of historical combat to indicate the impact that various factors have on warfare"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawrence, Christopher A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Understanding War
  • 2. Force Ratios
  • 3. Attacker versus Defender
  • 4. Human Factors
  • 5. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Italy, 1943-1944
  • 6. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Ardennes and Kursk, July 1943
  • 7. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Modern Wars
  • 8. Outcome of Battles
  • 9. Exchange Ratios
  • 10. The Combat Value of Superior Situational Awareness
  • 11. The Combat Value of Surprise
  • 12. The Nature of Lower Levels of Combat
  • 13. The Effects of Dispersion on Combat
  • 14. Advance Rates
  • 15. Casualties
  • 16. Urban Legends
  • 17. The Use of Case Studies
  • 18. Modeling Warfare
  • 19. Validation of the TNDM
  • 20. Conclusions
  • Appendix 1: Dupuy's Timeless Verities of Combat
  • Appendix 2: Dupuy's Combat Advance Rate Verities
  • Appendix 3: Dupuy's Combat Attrition Verities.