War by Numbers : Understanding Conventional Combat /

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"War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about conventional combat and why we know it. By demonstrating the impact a variety of factors have on combat he moves such analysis beyond the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawrence, Christopher A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Warfare, Conventional.
Military art and science.
Combat.
HISTORY > Modern > 21st century.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Art et science militaires > Histoire.
Guerre classique > Philosophie.
Combat > Histoire.
Military art and science > History.
Warfare, Conventional > Philosophy.
Combat > History.
Warfare, Conventional > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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